Increasing Incidence of Nutritional Rickets: A Population-Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
Thacher T, Fischer P, Tebben P, Singh R, S. S, Maxson J, Yawn B. Increasing Incidence of Nutritional Rickets: A Population-Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2013, 88: 176-183. PMID: 23374621, PMCID: PMC3612965, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.10.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnostic codesRadiographic evidence of ricketsOlmsted County, MinnesotaRochester Epidemiology Project dataAssociated with black raceCommunity-based populationRisk factorsVitamin D deficiencyPopulation-based studyNutritional ricketsEvidence of ricketsIncidence of nutritional ricketsRecord abstractionEvaluation of risk factorsNonwhite race/ethnicityLeg painD deficiencyOlmsted CountyOutcome measuresIncidence rateRadiographic evidenceLow birth weightAge- and sex-matched controlsGenu varumBlack race