Table 2.
Prevalence of rickets-like bone deformities in West Kiang, The Gambia: children aged < 5.0 years.
| Referred after screeninga |
Confirmed after clinical reviewb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % Screened | % Referred | N | % Screened | % Reviewed | % Confirmed | |
| Total | 101 | 5.7 | – | 26 | 1.5 | 26 | – |
| (76, 25) | (8.3, 2.9) | – | (21, 5) | (2.3, 0.6) | (28, 20) | ||
| Knock knee | 66 | 3.7 | 65 | 17 | 1.0 | 17 | 68 |
| (47, 19) | (5.2, 2.2) | (62, 76) | (12, 5) | (1.3, 0.6) | (16, 20) | (57, 100) | |
| Bow leg | 22 | 1.2 | 22 | 9 | 0.5 | 9 | 35 |
| (19, 3) | (2.1, 0.3) | (25, 12) | (9, 0) | (1.0, 0) | (12, 0) | (43, 0) | |
| Windswept | 10 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (7, 3) | (0.8, 0.3) | (9, 12) | (0, 0) | (0, 0) | (0, 0) | (0, 0) | |
| GPEc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (0, 0) | (0, 0) | (0, 0) | (0, 0) | (0, 0) | (0, 0) | (0, 0) | |
| Not recordedd | 3 | 0.2 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| (3, 0) | (0.3, 0.0) | (4, 0) | |||||
Numbers are for both sexes together with those for boys and girls (M, F) below in parenthesis.
a
Total screened = 1777, M = 912, F = 865.
b
Total reviewed = 101, M = 76, F = 25. All children aged < 5.0 years referred to the clinic attended for review.
c
GPE = growth plate enlargement of wrists or ankles with no leg signs; 4 other children were suspected of GPE in addition to leg signs.
d
Not recorded = physical sign not recorded at screening.