Objective To determine temporal trends in incidence and risk factors of nutritional rickets in a
community-based population. Patients and Methods Rochester Epidemiology Project data …

Nutritional rickets has been on the rise in the United States. A chart review of patients with
nutritional rickets from April 1995 to May 2005 was performed. Fifty-eight subjects were …

Nutritional rickets is uncommon in North America, particularly in regions where sunlight is
plentiful. Recent epidemics in North America occurred in dark-skinned toddlers with poor …

Reports of hypovitaminosis D among adults in the United States have drawn attention to the
vitamin D status of children. National data on hypovitaminosis D among children are not yet …

Opinions expressed in commentaries are those of the authors and not necessarily those of
the American Academy of Pediatrics or its Committees. Commentaries are not peer …

Objective: To analyze the characteristics of infants and children diagnosed with nutritional
rickets at two medical centers in North Carolina in the 1990s. Study design: The physical …

Vitamin-D-deficient rickets still exists in children in Manitoba and adjacent areas. Between
1972 and 1984, 48 cases were documented at Winnipeg Children's Hospital. The patients …

The incidence of nutritional rickets appears to be increasing in North American infants and
toddlers; it is widely assumed that this is due to vitamin D deficiency. Thus, records of 43 …

Objective: Because the causes of nutritional rickets in tropical countries are poorly
understood, we conducted a case-control study to determine factors associated with rickets …

Nutritional rickets remains a public health problem in many countries, despite dramatic
declines in the prevalence of the condition in many developed countries since the …