ArticleJournal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology2016
Vitamin D Deficiency in Pediatric Fracture Patients: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Vitamin D Supplementation.
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- Association of serum 25(OH)Vit-D levels with risk of pediatric fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021Pooled it
- Vitamin D-A Risk Factor for Bone Fractures in Children: A Population-Based Prospective Case-Control Randomized Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Low Vitamin D Levels Are Associated With Longer Healing Times in Pediatric Fracture Patients.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2026Article
- Proximal Tibial Epiphyseal Injury in a 14-Year-Old Asian Male With Vitamin D Deficiency as a Possible Cause: A Case Report.Case reports in orthopedics · 2026Article
- Dummy Templated Receptors Showing Enhanced Affinity for Vitamin D3.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The effect of vitamin D on the speed and quality of pediatric fracture healing.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Vitamin D Levels During Fracture Healing in Children.Physiological research · 2024Article
- Vitamin D and pediatric bone health: Important information and considerations for the pediatric orthopaedic surgeon.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2024Article
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- Pediatric femoral shaft fracture requiring revision surgery for nonunion associated with vitamin D and K deficiencies: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Prevalence of inadequate vitamin D level and its predictors in children presenting with torus fractures.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Article
- Vitamin D and Forearm Fractures in Children Preliminary Findings: Risk Factors and Correlation between Low-Energy and High-Energy Fractures.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Comparison of 25-OH vitamin D levels between children with upper and those with lower extremity fractures: A prospective case-control study.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2022Article
- 13-Year-Old Boy Presenting with Bilateral Femur Fractures in the Setting of Severe Vitamin D Deficiency.Case reports in pediatrics · 2021Article
- High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in Chinese children with upper limb fractures.Genes & diseases · 2020Article
- Vitamin D levels and fracture risk among Hispanic children.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2019Article
- Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in children with forearm fractures.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveAlthough vitamin D levels are not routinely monitored in pediatric fracture patients, identification of children with a vitamin D deficiency may be clinically relevant because of the potential role of vitamin D in fracture healing. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in a pediatric fracture population and to identify risk factors for deficiency.
methodsAll pediatric patients (<18 years) who were treated for a fracture of the upper or lower extremity from September 2012 to October 2013 in the outpatient setting of a level one trauma center were included in this cross-sectional study. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as a serum calcidiol <50 nmol/L. Potential risk factors for vitamin D deficiency were analysed using multivariable logistic regression analysis.
resultsA total of 108 boys (58%) and 79 girls, of a mean age 11.1 years (standard deviation 3.9), who had undergone 189 fractures were included in the study. Sixty-four children (34%) were vitamin D deficient. Of those with follow-up measurements, 74% were no longer deficient after supplementation. Vitamin D status did not influence the occurrence of complications during fracture treatment. Independent risk factors for vitamin D deficiency were older age, season (spring), and a non-Caucasian skin type.
conclusionClinicians who treat children with a fracture should inform patients and parents on vitamin D supplementation. Vitamin D measurement and supplementation may be needed for children with a non-Caucasian skin type or for those who present with a fracture during spring months.
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