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Vitamin D deficiency among pediatric osteoarticular tuberculosis patients.
- Source :
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Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma [J Clin Orthop Trauma] 2016 Oct-Dec; Vol. 7 (Suppl 2), pp. 147-149. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Oct 20. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objectives: We prospectively investigated serum 25 hydroxy vitamin D concentrations in children suffering from osteoarticular tuberculosis. The age or sex correlation to vitamin D levels in affected subjects was also calculated.<br />Methods: Twenty five untreated children with osteoarticular tuberculosis were taken as cases along with equal number of age and sex matched 'healthy' controls. The following laboratory references for defining the vitamin D status were used (<30 nmol/L = deficiency; 30-75 nmol/L = insufficiency; > 75 nmol/L = sufficiency). The cases were further grouped based on gender differences and age (<5 or >5 years).<br />Results: Out of 25 cases, there were 14 (56%) with deficiency of vitamin D. In 'apparently' healthy subjects, all 25 controls (100%) had hypovitaminosis D. The osteoarticular tuberculosis patients had significant lower levels of vitamin D when compared with their healthy peers irrespective of gender or age differences.<br />Conclusions: The osteoarticular tuberculosis cases had low serum vitamin D levels compared to healthy controls. The low vitamin D levels were persistent irrespective of gender and age in osteoarticular tuberculosis children. There was widespread vitamin D insufficiency in apparently healthy controls.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0976-5662
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- Suppl 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28053376
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2016.10.006