Vitamin D deficiency may increase predisposition to a number of paediatric orthopaedic conditions and the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is increasing in children in developed countries. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in children presenting to a regional paediatric orthopaedic service. We also examined the relationships between vitamin D status, social deprivation and ethnicity Individuals, age < 18 years, presenting to the regional paediatric orthopaedic service at Southampton, UK from 2008 to 2010 were investigated. Deprivation index scores were calculated from indices of deprivation.Background
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