| | Characteristics | Total patients, |
| | Mean age (years) (range, ±SD) | 5.27 (0.3–12, 4.32) | | Sex (male : female) | 67 : 25 | | Weight (kgs), mean (range, ±SD) | 15.45 (3–48, 9.9) | | Height (cms), mean, (range, ±SD) | 99.55 (52–156, 30.57) | | Failure to thrive, (%) | 12 (13.04) | | Short stature, (%) | 9 (9.78) | | Diagnosis | | | CNS infections, (%) | 16 (17.39) | | Sepsis, (%) | 15 (16.3) | | Pneumonia, (%) | 14 (15.22) | | Cardiac disease, (%) | 13 (14.13) | | Diabetes mellitus/diabetic ketoacidosis | 9 (9.78) | | Malaria, (%) | 5 (5.43) | | DSS, (%) | 3 (3.26) | | Other, (%) | 17 (18.48) | | Signs of rickets | 8 (8.69) | | Rachitic rosary, (%) | 6 (6.52) | | Frontal bossing, (%) | 6 (6.52) | | Harrison sulcus, (%) | 5 (5.43) | | Wrist widening, (%) | 5 (5.43) | | Wide anterior fontanelle, (%) | 4 (4.35) | | Double malleolus, (%) | 3 (3.26) | | Craniotabes, (%) | 2 (2.17) | | Bowing of legs, (%) | 2 (2.17) | | Risk factors for vitamin D deficiency | | | Family size, mean (range, ±2SD) | 4.4 (3–8, 1.1) | | Birth order, mean (range, ±2SD) | 2.02 (1–6, 1.0) | | Exclusive breast feeding, (%) | 51 (55.43) | | Sun exposure, (%) | 47 (51.1) | | Dark skin color, (%) | 7 (7.61) | | Final outcomes | | Duration of stay in hospital (in days),
mean (range, ±SD) | 13.87 (8–23, 3.52) | | Required ventilation, (%) | 21 (22.83) | | Required inotropes, (%) | 15 (16.30) | | Nosocomial sepsis, (%) | 9 (9.78) | | Died, (%) | 6 (6.52) |
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