Factors associated with hypertension in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Muhammad Riaz; Ghazala Shah; Muhammad Asif; Asma Shah; Kaustubh Adhikari; Amani Abu-Shaheen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246085

Peer Review History

Original SubmissionSeptember 11, 2020
11 Sep 2020 Author Response Attachments Attachment Submitted filename: MR-Replies to revierwers comments090920.docx https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246085.r001
11 Dec 2020 Decision Letter - James M Wright, Editor PONE-D-20-28653 Factors Associated with Hypertension in Pakistan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis PLOS ONE Dear Dr, Muhammad Riaz: Thank you for submitting your manuscript to PLOS ONE. After careful consideration, we feel that it has merit but does not fully meet PLOS ONE’s publication criteria as it currently stands. Therefore, we invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript that addresses the points raised during the review process. Please respond to the comments I have made below. Please submit your revised manuscript by Dec 28 2020 11:59PM. If you will need more time than this to complete your revisions, please reply to this message or contact the journal office at plosone@plos.org. When you're ready to submit your revision, log on to https://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/ and select the 'Submissions Needing Revision' folder to locate your manuscript file. Please include the following items when submitting your revised manuscript: A rebuttal letter that responds to each point raised by the academic editor. You should upload this letter as a separate file labeled 'Response to Reviewers'. A marked-up copy of your manuscript that highlights changes made to the original version. You should upload this as a separate file labeled 'Revised Manuscript with Track Changes'. An unmarked version of your revised paper without tracked changes. You should upload this as a separate file labeled 'Manuscript'. If you would like to make changes to your financial disclosure, please include your updated statement in your cover letter. Guidelines for resubmitting your figure files are available below the reviewer comments at the end of this letter. If applicable, we recommend that you deposit your laboratory protocols in protocols.io to enhance the reproducibility of your results. Protocols.io assigns your protocol its own identifier (DOI) so that it can be cited independently in the future. For instructions see: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/submission-guidelines#loc-laboratory-protocols We look forward to receiving your revised manuscript. Kind regards, James M Wright Academic Editor PLOS ONE Journal Requirements: When submitting your revision, we need you to address these additional requirements. 1. Please ensure that your manuscript meets PLOS ONE's style requirements, including those for file naming. The PLOS ONE style templates can be found at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/file?id=wjVg/PLOSOne_formatting_sample_main_body.pdf and https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/file?id=ba62/PLOSOne_formatting_sample_title_authors_affiliations.pdf 2. Please include captions for your Supporting Information files at the end of your manuscript, and update any in-text citations to match accordingly. Please see our Supporting Information guidelines for more information: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/supporting-information. 3. Please upload the completed PRISMA checklist as a separate file. Additional Editor Comments (if provided): I am persuaded by the authors that this extensive amount of work deserves to be published and it is in keeping with the principals and mission of PLoSONE. There are still problems with English and the manuscript needs to be sent out for copy-ediiting for English. Otherwise since the abstract is going to be what is most likely to be read it should be revised in the following way. Please divide the factors into those positively associated with hypertension and those that are negatively associated. The Conclusion can be changed to "Several socio-demographic, lifestyle, health-related, and psychological factors were found to be significantly positively and negatively associated with hypertension." [Note: HTML markup is below. Please do not edit.] Reviewers' comments: [NOTE: If reviewer comments were submitted as an attachment file, they will be attached to this email and accessible via the submission site. Please log into your account, locate the manuscript record, and check for the action link "View Attachments". If this link does not appear, there are no attachment files.] While revising your submission, please upload your figure files to the Preflight Analysis and Conversion Engine (PACE) digital diagnostic tool, https://pacev2.apexcovantage.com/. PACE helps ensure that figures meet PLOS requirements. To use PACE, you must first register as a user. Registration is free. Then, login and navigate to the UPLOAD tab, where you will find detailed instructions on how to use the tool. If you encounter any issues or have any questions when using PACE, please email PLOS at figures@plos.org. Please note that Supporting Information files do not need this step. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246085.r002
Revision 1
29 Dec 2020 Author Response Response to Reviewers Manuscript ID: PONE-D-20-28653 Manuscript title: Associated with Hypertension in Pakistan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Dear Editor, We thank PLOS ONE for providing an opportunity to address the reviewers’ comments, revise and resubmit our manuscript. We thank you and the reviewers for taking time to review our manuscript and suggest the changes required. As recommended by PLOS ONE, we have used the services of Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing. This has improved the flow and the English language of the manuscript considerably. In addition to this response letter to yours comments, we upload the following: (i) a revised manuscript with track changes, (ii) a clean version of our revised manuscript without tracked changes, (iii) a cover letter to the editor, (iv) a certificate issued by the Editage for English language editing, (v) three word files for figures 1-3 to be added to the main manuscript, and (vi) six supplementary word files as supporting information (in a zipped folder). We look forward to hearing from you if there is anything else which could improve the manuscript. Kind Regards Comments and Responses Comment 1 1. Please ensure that your manuscript meets PLOS ONE's style requirements, including those for file naming. The PLOS ONE style templates can be found at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/file?id=wjVg/PLOSOne_formatting_sample_main_body.pdf and https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/file?id=ba62/PLOSOne_formatting_sample_title_authors_affiliations.pdf Reply 1 Thank you, we have made the changes and our updated manuscript is according to the PLOS ONE's style templates. Comment 2 2. Please include captions for your Supporting Information files at the end of your manuscript, and update any in-text citations to match accordingly. Please see our Supporting Information guidelines for more information: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/supporting-information. Reply 2 Thank you, we have added captions and short legends for the supporting information under the heading “Supporting Information” after the references. In addition, we now added the supporting information in 6 word files (supplementary). Comment 3 3. Please upload the completed PRISMA checklist as a separate file. Reply 3 We have uploaded PRISMA checklist in a separate file as a supporting information. Additional Editor Comments Comment 4 I am persuaded by the authors that this extensive amount of work deserves to be published and it is in keeping with the principals and mission of PLoSONE. There are still problems with English and the manuscript needs to be sent out for copy-ediiting for English. Reply 4 We thank the editor for valued comments, we agree that our manuscript required copy-editing for English language. We have used the services of Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing. Their certificate is upload in a separate file. Comment 5 Otherwise since the abstract is going to be what is most likely to be read it should be revised in the following way. Please divide the factors into those positively associated with hypertension and those that are negatively associated. The Conclusion can be changed to "Several socio-demographic, lifestyle, health-related, and psychological factors were found to be significantly positively and negatively associated with hypertension." Reply 5 In addition to the above suggestions, the English language editor has suggested some further changes to the abstract. We have revised the abstract to reflect the suggested changes. Also, we have made changes to the conclusion as suggested above. Attachments Attachment Submitted filename: Response to Reviewers.docx https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246085.r003
13 Jan 2021 Decision Letter - James M Wright, Editor Factors associated with hypertension in Pakistan: a systematic review and meta-analysis PONE-D-20-28653R1 Dear Dr. Muhammad Riaz, We’re pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been judged scientifically suitable for publication and will be formally accepted for publication once it meets all outstanding technical requirements. Within one week, you’ll receive an e-mail detailing the required amendments. When these have been addressed, you’ll receive a formal acceptance letter and your manuscript will be scheduled for publication. An invoice for payment will follow shortly after the formal acceptance. To ensure an efficient process, please log into Editorial Manager at http://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/, click the 'Update My Information' link at the top of the page, and double check that your user information is up-to-date. If you have any billing related questions, please contact our Author Billing department directly at authorbilling@plos.org. If your institution or institutions have a press office, please notify them about your upcoming paper to help maximize its impact. If they’ll be preparing press materials, please inform our press team as soon as possible -- no later than 48 hours after receiving the formal acceptance. Your manuscript will remain under strict press embargo until 2 pm Eastern Time on the date of publication. For more information, please contact onepress@plos.org. Kind regards, James M Wright Academic Editor PLOS ONE Additional Editor Comments (optional): Reviewers' comments: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246085.r004
Formally Accepted
20 Jan 2021 Acceptance Letter - James M Wright, Editor PONE-D-20-28653R1 Factors associated with hypertension in Pakistan: a systematic review and meta-analysis Dear Dr. Riaz: I'm pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been deemed suitable for publication in PLOS ONE. Congratulations! Your manuscript is now with our production department. If your institution or institutions have a press office, please let them know about your upcoming paper now to help maximize its impact. If they'll be preparing press materials, please inform our press team within the next 48 hours. Your manuscript will remain under strict press embargo until 2 pm Eastern Time on the date of publication. For more information please contact onepress@plos.org. If we can help with anything else, please email us at plosone@plos.org. Thank you for submitting your work to PLOS ONE and supporting open access. Kind regards, PLOS ONE Editorial Office Staff on behalf of Professor James M Wright Academic Editor PLOS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246085.r005

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