GLIM Criteria for Malnutrition Diagnosis and Outcome Prediction in Emergency Abdominal Surgery: Response to Reviewer Comments

Dear Editor,

On behalf of all contributing authors, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your letter and the constructive comments from the reviewers regarding our article titled 'The GLIM Criteria for Diagnosis of Malnutrition and Outcomes prediction in Emergency Abdominal Surgery' (Manuscript No: NUT-D-23-00823). We have carefully considered all suggestions and have made point-by-point modifications to our manuscript. To enhance the persuasiveness of our results, we have also supplemented additional data based on the reviewers' valuable feedback.

In this revised version, we have utilized the 'revision mode' in Word to clearly highlight the changes made throughout the document. We kindly request you to review the revised manuscript and determine if it now meets the acceptance criteria for publication.

Should there be any further improvements required from our side, please do not hesitate to notify us. We are committed to addressing any remaining concerns promptly.

Yours sincerely,

Corresponding author:

JIA Zhen-yi, MD Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University 600 Yishan Road, Xuhui District Shanghai 200233, China Email: jzhyjia@163.com