Thorup, Lene http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5208-8353
Hamann, Sophie Amalie
Kallestrup, Per
Hjortdal, Vibeke Elisabeth
Tripathee, Ashish
Neupane, Dinesh
Patsche, Cecilie Blenstrup
Funding for this research was provided by:
Lundbeckfonden (R184-2014-2478)
Article History
Received: 10 March 2020
Accepted: 23 July 2020
First Online: 7 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethics review committee of the Nepal Health Research Council (reference number 2398). Participants were provided both written and oral information in the Nepali language and educated about the procedure of anthropometric measurements by local health assistants. Written informed consent was obtained from literate participants whereas print of thumb was obtained from illiterate participants, as also approved by the Nepal Health Research Council.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.