Author’s response to reviews Title: Prevalence and severity of menopause symptoms among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women aged 30-49 years in Gulele sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Authors:

Title: Prevalence and severity of menopause symptoms among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women aged 30-49 years in Gulele sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Authors: Engida Yisma ([email protected]) Natnael Eshetu ([email protected]) Stephanie Ly ([email protected]) Berhanu Dessalegn ([email protected]) Version: 3 Date: 31 Aug 2017 Author’s response to reviews: Point-by-point response to editor’s comments on the manuscript entitled “Prevalence and severity of menopause symptoms among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women aged 3049 years in Gulele sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia” (MS: BMWH-D-16-00086R2). Authors: Engida Yisma ([email protected]) Natnael Eshetu ([email protected]) Stephanie Ly ([email protected]) Berhanu Dessalegn ([email protected]) We are very grateful for the valuable comments that the editor have provided us. We have taken due consideration of the comments provided and made all necessary revisions to the manuscript. We have provided a point-by-point response to the comments as follows.