ArticleInternational journal of pediatrics2016
Evaluating Bone Health in Egyptian Children with Forearm Fractures: A Case Control Study.
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- Vitamin D level and fractures in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2021Pooled it
- 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
- 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
- The role of bone health in low-velocity fractures and the effects of obesity on the growing skeleton.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2024Article
- Vitamin D and Forearm Fractures in Children Preliminary Findings: Risk Factors and Correlation between Low-Energy and High-Energy Fractures.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Growth Modulation for Knee Coronal Plane Deformities in Children With Nutritional Rickets: A Prospective Series With Treatment Algorithm.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2020Observational
- Vitamin D levels and fracture risk among Hispanic children.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2019Article
- Nutritional Rickets and Osteomalacia in the Twenty-first Century: Revised Concepts, Public Health, and Prevention Strategies.Current osteoporosis reports · 2017Review
- Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in children with forearm fractures.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2017Article
- Multiple fractures in infants who have Ehlers-Danlos/hypermobility syndrome and or vitamin D deficiency: A case series of 72 infants whose parents were accused of child abuse and neglect.Dermato-endocrinology · 2017Article
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Objective. To determine the likelihood of vitamin D deficiency and low bone mineral density in Egyptian children with forearm fractures. Methods. A case control study of 46 children aged 3 to 10 years with or without forearm fractures. Validated questionnaires were used to assess calcium and vitamin D intake as well as sun exposure. Serum calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, and 25-hydroxy-vitamin D were collected. Bone mineral density was evaluated using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Results. Compared to the Control group, calcium and vitamin D intake was lower in the Cases group (p = 0.03). Cases had higher Body Mass Index than Controls, p = 0.01. Children in the Cases group had lower mean serum calcium values 8.3 ± 1.4 compared to 9.3 ± 1.1 in Controls (p = 0.01). Alkaline phosphatase was higher in Cases 265 ± 65.8 than Controls 226 ± 54.6 (p = 0.03). Vitamin D and bone mineral density scores were significantly lower in the Cases group (p < 0.05). Conclusion. Our data shows an increased rate of vitamin D deficiency and decreased bone mineral density in Egyptian children with forearm fractures.
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