Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Children with Fractures: Before and during the COVID-19 Outbreak
Table 1
Patient demographics.
Group I (N = 334)
Group II (N = 210)
Group III (N = 97)
value
value†
Age (years)
8.2 ± 3.7
8.5 ± 3.7
8.6 ± 3.5
0.409
0.357
M : F
229 (68.6%):105 (31.4%)
118 (56.2%):92 (43.8%)
54 (55.7%):43 (44.3%)
0.003
0.019
BMI (kg/m2)
18.8 ± 4.3
18.0 ± 3.1
19.2 ± 3.9
0.147
0.574
Season
<0.001#
0.045#
Spring
62 (18.6%)
54 (25.7%)
31 (32.0%)
Summer
118 (35.3%)
64 (30.5%)
29 (29.9%)
Autumn
95 (28.4%)
32 (15.2%)
22 (22.7%)
Winter
59 (17.7%)
60 (28.6%)
15 (15.5%)
25(OH)D (ng/mL)
20.0 ± 7.3
23.2 ± 6.9
18.8 ± 7.3
<0.001
0.056
Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation or n (%). BMI, body mass index. value: compared group I with group II, value: compared group I with group III, and value: calculated by the chi-square test.
