Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse in women, associated factors and impact on quality of  
life in rural Pakistan: population -based study.  
 
Version: 1 Date: 28 Jul 2019  
 
Reviewer: BEATRIZ AYALA  
 
Reviewer's report:  
Some comments are below:  
* POP should be written in full and it should be better to use common terms as acronyms.  
* It would be interesting to  know co -morbidities of participants (if possible).  
* What about the frequency of fecal incontinence?  
* Tables and figure should show proper titles indicating the nature of the study, the study 
location and year(s) of data collection.  
* It would be better  to indicate if the ORs of the Table 3 were crude or adjusted ORs. (In 
line 149, was the IC with 95%?  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any sta tistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
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