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The Changes in Red Blood Cell Indices That Occur in Pre-Diabetic Patients of all Ethnicities from the 25–45 Years of Age: A Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Methods Protoc. 2023, 6(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/mps6010013
by Nomusa Christina Mzimela 1,2,*, Aubrey Mbulelo Sosibo 1, Phikelelani Siphosethu Ngubane 1 and Andile Khathi 1
Reviewer 1:
Reviewer 2:
Methods Protoc. 2023, 6(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/mps6010013
Submission received: 6 December 2022 / Revised: 5 January 2023 / Accepted: 20 January 2023 / Published: 24 January 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Biomedical Sciences and Physiology)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The paper tried to review changes in red blood cell indices that occur in prediabetic patients. This is an interesting topic and has clinical significance. However, the paper did not describe the result of the literature review.    

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

This study evaluated The changes in red blood cells indices that occur on pre-diabetic patients of all ethnicities, from the age of 25 to 45 years: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Though the research title is interesting. There are several shortcomings that need to be addressed.  if the following points are corrected, it can be suitable for publication in the journal.

1- There are several English language grammatical and typographical mistakes that should be rectified.

2- The registered title in the PROSPERO is not the same as the article title. Please explain it.

Abstract

3- The result and conclusion section should be rewritten Because it is written in summaries.  

Methods

No comments.

Discussion

8- The discussion section is more summarize and needs to be improved

Author Response

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

I have no additional comments on this revised paper.

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