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Nutritional rickets around the world: an update.
Creo AL, Thacher TD, Pettifor JM, Strand MA, Fischer PR. Creo AL, et al. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2017 May;37(2):84-98. doi: 10.1080/20469047.2016.1248170. Epub 2016 Dec 6. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2017. PMID: 27922335 Review.
Worldwide, nutritional rickets continues to be an evolving problem with several causes. This paper provides an updated literature review characterising the prevalence, aetiology, pathophysiology and treatment of nutritional rickets worldwide. A systema …
Worldwide, nutritional rickets continues to be an evolving problem with several causes. This paper provides an updated literat …
Vitamin D supplementation for term breastfed infants to prevent vitamin D deficiency and improve bone health.
Tan ML, Abrams SA, Osborn DA. Tan ML, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Dec 11;12(12):CD013046. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013046.pub2. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020. PMID: 33305822 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is common worldwide, contributing to nutritional rickets and osteomalacia which have a major impact on health, growth, and development of infants, children and adolescents. ...
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is common worldwide, contributing to nutritional rickets and osteomalacia which have a major …
A systematic review of nutritional rickets in Ethiopia: status and prospects.
Wondale Y, Shiferaw F, Lulseged S. Wondale Y, et al. Ethiop Med J. 2005 Jul;43(3):203-10. Ethiop Med J. 2005. PMID: 16370553 Review.
BACKGROUND: Nutritional rickets contributes to the high burden of illness and death among Ethiopian children below 5 years of age. ...RESULTS: The major cause of nutritional rickets in Ethiopian children is lack of exposure to sunshine and/or inadequat …
BACKGROUND: Nutritional rickets contributes to the high burden of illness and death among Ethiopian children below 5 years of …
Nutritional rickets around the world: causes and future directions.
Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Strand MA, Pettifor JM. Thacher TD, et al. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2006 Mar;26(1):1-16. doi: 10.1179/146532806X90556. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2006. PMID: 16494699 Review.
INTRODUCTION: Nutritional rickets has been described from at least 59 countries in the last 20 years. Its spectrum of causes differs in different regions of the world. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review of articles on nutritional rickets from va …
INTRODUCTION: Nutritional rickets has been described from at least 59 countries in the last 20 years. Its spectrum of causes d …
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D threshold and risk of rickets in young children: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis to inform the development of dietary requirements for vitamin D.
Rios-Leyvraz M, Thacher TD, Dabas A, Elsedfy HH, Baroncelli GI, Cashman KD. Rios-Leyvraz M, et al. Eur J Nutr. 2024 Apr;63(3):673-695. doi: 10.1007/s00394-023-03299-2. Epub 2024 Jan 27. Eur J Nutr. 2024. PMID: 38280944 Free PMC article. Review.
More than half (55%) of the children with rickets had serum 25OHD below 25 nmol/L, 62% below 30 nmol/L, and 79% below 40 nmol/L. Analysis of odds, sensitivities and specificities for nutritional rickets at different serum 25OHD thresholds suggested a minimal risk th …
More than half (55%) of the children with rickets had serum 25OHD below 25 nmol/L, 62% below 30 nmol/L, and 79% below 40 nmol/L. Analysis of …
Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children.
Lerch C, Meissner T. Lerch C, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Oct 17;2007(4):CD006164. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006164.pub2. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007. PMID: 17943890 Free PMC article. Review.
BACKGROUND: Nutritional rickets is a disease of growing children leading to bone deformities, bone pain, convulsions or delayed motor development. Today, high-incidence of nutritional rickets is mainly found in low-income countries. OBJECTIVES: To asse …
BACKGROUND: Nutritional rickets is a disease of growing children leading to bone deformities, bone pain, convulsions or delaye …
Vitamin D, calcium or a combination of vitamin D and calcium for the treatment of nutritional rickets in children.
Chibuzor MT, Graham-Kalio D, Osaji JO, Meremikwu MM. Chibuzor MT, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Apr 17;4(4):CD012581. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012581.pub2. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020. PMID: 32303107 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: Nutritional rickets is a disease which affects children, especially in low- and middle-income countries. ...In some sunny countries, however, where children are believed to have adequate vitamin D production from exposure to ultraviolet light, but who ar …
BACKGROUND: Nutritional rickets is a disease which affects children, especially in low- and middle-income countries. ...In som …
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D response to vitamin D supplementation in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical intervention trials.
Zittermann A, Pilz S, Berthold HK. Zittermann A, et al. Eur J Nutr. 2020 Feb;59(1):359-369. doi: 10.1007/s00394-019-01912-x. Epub 2019 Feb 5. Eur J Nutr. 2020. PMID: 30721411
PURPOSE: For the prevention of nutritional rickets, 400 IU vitamin D daily and circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentrations > 50 nmol/L are recommended, whereas the toxicity threshold is set at 250 nmol/L. ...CONCLUSIONS: Vitamin D supplementation of 40 …
PURPOSE: For the prevention of nutritional rickets, 400 IU vitamin D daily and circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concent …