Table 2.

Clinical and laboratory data for 11 female asylum seekers with hypovitaminosis D₃

Patient	Diagnosis considered	Duration of symptoms (months)	Time of response to treatment (months)	25-hydroxycholecalciferol concentration (nmol/l)	Calcium concentration (mmol/l)
1	Somatoform disorder	36	3	16.0	2.28
2	Weakness of unknown origin	6	3	7.7	2.08
3	Lower back pain with functional component	60	1	10.5	*
4	Possible somatoform disorder	24	3	11.5	2.34
5	Knees: arthritis; no other formal diagnosis	36	2	13.5	2.23
6	Back pain then no formal diagnosis	27	2	9.2	2.05
7	Somatoform disorder	12	1	4.5	2.11
8	Chronic back pain	180	2	10.7	2.19
9	Mechanical back pain	24	7	6.2	2.14
10	Restless legs; polyneuropathy; unexplained symptoms	12	2	13.7	2.24
11	Atypical sciatalgia; venous insufficiency; osteomalacia	2	2	16.2	2.24

^*Calcium concentration was not measured.