Research Article
Evaluating Bone Health in Egyptian Children with Forearm Fractures: A Case Control Study
Table 3
Vitamin D status and serum calcium, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase levels.
| | Controls () | Cases () | value |
| Calcium, mg/dL | 9.3 ± 1.1 | 8.3 ± 1.4 | 0.01 | Phosphorus, mg/dL | 4.0 ± 0.7 | 3.7 ± 0.8 | 0.21 | ALP, IU/L | 226 ± 54.6 | 265 ± 65.8 | 0.03 | 25-OH vitamin D categorized | | | 0.047 | Sufficient | 18 (78.3) | 13 (56.5) | | Insufficient | 4 (17.4) | 2 (8.7) | | Deficiency | 0 (0) | 1 (4.3) | | Severe | 1 (4.3) | 7 (30.4) | |
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Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or (%). signifies value ≤ 0.05.
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