Reviewer’s report
Title: 
Effect of body mass index (BMI) on phenotypic features of polycystic
ovary syndrome (PCOS) in Singapore women: A prospective cross-sectional
study
Version: 
0 
Date: 
18 Aug 2020
Reviewer: 
nasrin abdoli
Reviewer's report:
The results of the review are as follows Title of the article:
First of all, good research benefits: For the following reasons
Infertility problems of women are one of the important factors in the life of
young couples. Sometimes it causes divorce in couples. Therefore, addressing
one of the causes of infertility in women is of particular importance. But, the
following points need to be corrected.
General Note: All abbreviations in the text are written in full the first time, but
then only the abbreviation should be written.
Title: 
Write the name of the place and country in the subject. So abbreviations
For example(High Body Mass Index (BMI) is a risk factor for hirsutism in
women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in Singapore: A prospective
cross-sectional study)
Abstract: In the method section: please verify which country?
And which city?
Keywords: 
All the abbreviations in the text are only complete for the first time and the
abbreviation is written in parentheses, but in the continuation of the text, only the
abbreviations become.
Introduction: No comments
Materials and Methods: The method needs serious revision and segmentation. In
the form of specific headings, including Study design and population:
Ambiguous
Inclusion and exclusion criteria: Be specified and separated.
Instruments and The method of selecting the sampling and how to identify is in
the group by whom is unknown.
Data analysis: Data analysis is only statistical methods written in the past tense.
We do not explain the types of statistical methods. We do not need to explain the
reason for using the statistical method. ( for example Differences in the
numerical variables was performed using independent samples t-test if normality
and homogeneity assumptions were satisfied, otherwise the non-parametric
Mann Whitney
U test will be used.) The article is written with the past tense because the study is
over.
Results: I have no idea.
Discussion: No comments
Conclusion: Conclusion: In this section, data is given again and statistical results
are written.While in this section based on the results, the application of the
results where and what practical solutions are taken from this research.
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