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Author’s response to reviews Title: An outline of anemia among adolescent girls in Bangladesh: findings from a cross- sectional study Authors:

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Author	Mistry, Sabuj Kanti Jhohura, Fatema Tuz Khanam, Fouzia Akter, Fahmida Rahman, Mahfuzar
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Minor Comments. 1. Lines 44-48. Suggest rewriting don't include repeat the covariates for which you report the AOR in the text here. Were any of the co-variates included in models "a priori"? Response: Rephrased the lines as per the suggestion and it appears: “After controlling for relevant covariates in multiple logistic regression model." rewrite as: Response: Rewritten as “While, the prevalence of all form of anemia were found 51.6%, most of them (46%) were mildly anemic and few (5.4%) were moderate with only 0.23% severely anemic” 2. "mild anaemia was the most common at 46% of the study population, with only 5.4% moderately anemic and 0.23% severely anemic. Can you see the difference in these sentences? The first suggests that only 46% of the anemic cases were mildly anemic! Response: Rewritten as suggested as: “mild anemia was the most common at 46% of the study population, with only 5.4% moderately anemic and 0.23% severely anemia” 3. Line 258 – in the DHS anemia data quoted – who were the study population? Response: Now the information about the study population has been added in the lines: “Prevalence of anemia reported in our study was similarly high to the most recent Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) where the prevalence of any form anemia were 48.6%, while mild, moderate and severe anemia were 39.2%, 9.4% and 0.0% respectively among adolescent
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