Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency in African-American Children with Forearm Fractures

Ryan, Leticia Manning; Brandoli, Cinzia; Freishtat, R.J.; Chamberlain, James M.; Wright, Jackson; Hoffman, Eric P.; Tosi, Laura L.

doi:10.1016/j.bone.2007.04.106

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“…As these concentrations are high, a risk minimization approach for both low and high concentrations appears desirable. With this approach, it was estimated, for example, that doses of 1,885, 2,802, and 6,235 IU per day are required for normal weight, overweight and obese people, respectively, to achieve the natural 25(OH)D 3 The problem of vitamin D deficiency occurs in many countries, both those with a relatively low quality of medical care and those with appropriate prevention of vitamin D deficiency [31,32]. Surprisingly, there are many research reports on commonly-known hypovitaminosis of vitamin D also in people well-exposed to the sun because of their place of residence [33,34].…”

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Vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus status in children with short stature – effect of growth hormone therapy

Klatka¹,

Partyka²,

Polak³

et al. 2021

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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Objective. The aim of the study was to assess the level of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D in the blood of patients treated for short stature (SS). Materials and method. The study encompassed 110 children treated for somatotropin hypopituitarism (SHP) in the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology at the Medical University of Lublin. The levels of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D were marked for both groups in the peripheral blood collected on a routine basis for diagnostic examinations. The parameters were compared within the group of children with SHP, both the patients who were about to start the therapy and those in the course of the therapy as well as between the research group (110 children) and the control group. Results. The results obtained were compared with the results in the control group that comprised 41 children with a general good health status, although with nasal septum deviation treated in the Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology at the Medical University of Lublin. Conclusions. On the basis of the research performed, the following conclusions were drawn: 1) children with SHP were characterised with calcium-phosphorus imbalance. The level of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D was diminished. The values did not change due to a several-year hormone growth treatment (HGT). 2) the level of calcium and phosphorus was appropriate in the control group children, but the vitamin D level was considerably lowered. This shows the necessity for vitamin D control and supplementation, not only in children with SS.

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