Vitamin D status in children and adolescents: A prospective cohort study

Background: The National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey III, 2009 reported that 48% of adolescents in the United States are vitamin D insufficient/deficient. Nutritional and environmental factors are implicated. The purpose of this study was to measure the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in orthopaedic patients and typical children and identify risk factors to aid in screening. Methods: This prospective study recruited 138 patients and 30 typical children ages 2 to
Source: Current Orthopaedic Practice - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Original Research Source Type: research