Correction to: Factors influencing childhood anaemia in Bangladesh: a two level logistic regression analysis.

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Factors influencing childhood anaemia in Bangladesh: a two level logistic regression analysis.

Background: Anemia is not only a major public health problem among children in developing countries, it is also an important predictor for their future growth and development. The objective of this study was to identify possible factors associated with anemia among pre-school children in Bangladesh after removing a cluster effect of the population, and to determine the prevalence of this condition.

Methods: Data for this study was extracted from the 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS-2011).

Prevalence and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among Bangladeshi mothers: A nationwide cross-sectional study.

Background: Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) is associated with better health of the mothers and reduced risk of neonatal mortality. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of EIBF and associated factors among Bangladeshi mothers.

Methods: The data was extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS)-2014.

Trends and future of maternal and child health in Bangladesh.

Background: Maternal and child health is one of the most important issues in a developing country like Bangladesh. This study evaluates the trends in maternal and child health indicators of Bangladesh.

Methods: The secondary data used in this study was extracted from the World Bank Dataset.

Body mass index of married Bangladeshi women: trends and association with socio-demographic factors.

Body mass index (BMI) is a good indicator of nutritional status in a population. In underdeveloped countries like Bangladesh, this indicator provides a method that can assist intervention to help eradicate many preventable diseases. This study aimed to report on changes in the BMI of married Bangladeshi women who were born in the past three decades and its association with socio-demographic factors.

Age at menarche of university students in Bangladesh: secular trends and association with adult anthropometric measures and socio-demographic factors.

Age at menarche has been shown to be an important indicator for diseases such as breast cancer and ischaemic heart disease. The aim of the present study was to document secular trends in age at menarche and their association with anthropometric measures and socio-demographic factors in university students in Bangladesh. Data were collected from 995 students from Rajshahi University using a stratified sampling technique between July 2004 and May 2005.

Secular changes in head dimensions of Japanese adult male students over eight decades.

The aim was to study secular changes in head dimensions of Japanese adult males. The subjects were all of Japanese birth and Japanese ancestry. The age range of the subjects was between 18 and 25 years.

A quantitative approach for measuring crowding in the dental arch: Fourier descriptors.

Dental crowding is defined as a discrepancy between tooth size and jaw size that results in a misalignment of the tooth row. Proposed reasons for crowding include excessively large teeth, small jaws, and a combination of both. Nevertheless, the parameters that would allow the prediction of crowding have not been identified.

Secular trends for takeoff and maximum adolescent growth for eight decades of Japanese cohort data.

The presence of secular trends in the onset or takeoff of the adolescent growth spurt and subsequent adolescent growth of Japanese boys and girls were investigated using data published in "The Statistical Report of the School Health Survey" by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan. An optimum kernel regression method was used to derive the biological parameters of the adolescent growth curve. An increasing trend in height at takeoff (i.

Method for analyzing complex two-dimensional forms: Elliptical Fourier functions.

A generalized procedure, elliptical Fourier analysis, for accurately characterizing the shape of complex morphological forms of the type commonly encountered in the biological sciences, is described. Elliptical Fourier functions are derived as a parametric formulation from conventional Fourier analysis, i.e.