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Author's response to reviews Title : The incidence of comorbidities related to obesity and overweight : A systematic review and meta-analysis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Guh, Daphne P. Zhang, Wei Bansback, Nick |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The abstract (and the main text in general) is somewhat bland and not well-written. I suggest the authors’ look at recent systematic reviews for suggestions on how to improve their writing. I suggest using “incidence“ in the abstract and throughout. The conclusion should not be used to highlight study strengths. It should summarise findings, and include implications, ie make policy recommendation. We have revised much of the manuscript, in particular the abstract, introduction, result and discussion sections. We have also, as suggested, used the term “incidence” throughout the manuscript. Introduction: First sentence requires refs of some good quality prospective cohort studies, or previous reviews of cohort studies. For the first sentence (page 3), we have added 3 systematic reviews that summarized the comorbidities associated with obesity based on the existing evidence. Cite most recent systematic reviews on the topic, highlight shortcomings to then justify the present review. One justification is that if additional studies have been published since the most recent review, etc. We justified our present systematic review by three points (pages 3-5). First, WC has been reported to be an even better predictor of many cardiovascular diseases and type II diabetes than BMI. However, most recent reviews only focused on obesity defined by BMI instead of WC. Secondly, there is inconsistency in the definitions for BMI and WC in previous reviews – many have combined studies estimating the incidence of co-morbidities by per unit change of BMI (kg/m 2 ) and WC (cm). We wanted to measure the incidence by categorization of overweight and obesity defined by BMI and WC measurements. Last, we prefer using a standardized and consistent definition for overweight and obesity across all diseases, a consistent inclusion criteria and consistent methodology for performing a metaanalysis. This could ensure the review quality and also enable the comparisons of the size of effect across co-morbidities. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
