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MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH OUTCOMES<br />

Rickets<br />

Table 1: Case reports of rickets<br />

Study/year/country Population Rickets diagnosis Mean 25(OH)D (nmol/L) & Ca (mg/L)<br />

concentrations<br />

Ca intake/other<br />

comments<br />

Moncrieff & Fadahunsi<br />

(1974)<br />

Derby, UK<br />

Infant (female) - born to mother (S Asian)<br />

who presented with biochemical & clinical<br />

evidence of osteomalacia (see table 6)<br />

Clinical, biochemical (low serum calcium<br />

<strong>and</strong> raised alkaline phosphatase) <strong>and</strong><br />

radiological features of rickets<br />

25(OH)D: 20.7<br />

Ca: 67 (at 4 days)<br />

Ca intake not reported<br />

Iqbal et al (1994)<br />

Leicester, UK<br />

Case 1- Male, age 2 m, presented with<br />

hypocalcaemic fits<br />

Case 2 - Female, age 12 m, presented with<br />

failure to thrive<br />

Wrist x-rays. Case 1:<br />

25(OH)D:

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