Title: Association Between Triglyceride Levels and Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevalence in
Women: A Cross-Sectional Study of NHANES (1999–2018)
Version: 2 Date: 13 Feb 2025
Reviewer:  Ali B. Roomi
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for asking my #opinion #about #the #manuscript #entitled ##"Association Between
Triglyceride Levels and Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevalence in Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
of NHANES (1999–2018)". #
#I believe that this manuscript should #be #major revision:#
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data plausible?#
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