Islam, Md. Tauhidul
Bruce, Mieghan
Alam, Khurshid
Article History
Received: 7 March 2023
Accepted: 14 May 2025
First Online: 21 May 2025
Declarations
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: The protocol for Bangladesh’s STEPS 2018 survey has been approved by the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC). Before the data were collected, informed consent was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s). For illiterate person, Legally Authorized Representatives of illiterate participants provided informed consent for the study. All methods in this study were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations approved by the WHO NCD microdata repository. Further, The Murdoch University Human Research Ethics Committee, Australia gave our project an exemption from ethics review (Protocol number 2022/123).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.