Reviewer’ s report
Title: Intimate Partner Violence and Nutritional Status among Nepalese Women: An Investigation
of Associations
Version: 1Date: 21 Jan 2020
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS: OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear
objective that addresses a testable research question(s) (brief or other article types: is there a clearobjective)?Yes - there is a clear objectiveDESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls andanalysis protocols) appropriate for the objective?Yes - the approach is appropriateEXECUTION -Are the experiments and analyses performed with technical rigor to allow confidence in theresults?No - there are major issuesSTATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscriptappropriate?No - there are issues with the statistics in the studyINTERPRETATION - Is thecurrent interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not overstated?Yes - the author'sinterpretation is reasonableOVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Is the current version ofthis work technically sound? If not, can revisions be made to make the work technicallysound?Maybe - with major revisionsPEER REVIEWER COMMENTS: GENERAL COM-MENTS: This manuscript was written well. However, IPV should be looked at morecarefully.REQUESTED REVISIONS: There are some critical issues within a manuscript which Iwas concerning about:1.Types of IPV: why controlling behaviours were not included in theanalysis? Types of IPV should be considered to be included to verify if different types haddifferent effects on the outcomes.2.The severity of IPV should also be examined for the dose-response relationship.3.The BMI was grouped into three categories. Therefore, a singlemultinomial logistic regression model (normal as the reference group) should be used rather than
two logistic regression models.
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.
NoDoes the work include the necessary controls?
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NoAre the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
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YesAre you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an
additional statistical review?
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assessment in your comments to the editors.
I am able to assess the statisticsQuality of written English
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:
Acceptable
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