Table 1.
Age and anthropometry of the participants by group.
| Variable | Group A |
Group B |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases n = 24 | Controls n = 24 | p | Cases n = 38 | Controls n = 38 | p | |
| Age (y) | 2.7 (2.1, 3.4) | 3.2 (2.5, 4.3) | 0.04 | 3.0 (1.9, 4.3) | 3.2 (2.4, 5.1) | 0.0006 |
| Weight (kg) | 9.7 (1.7) | 11.6 (2.6) | 0.004 | 11.4 (2.7) | 12.9 (3.9) | 0.05 |
| Height (cm) | 78.8 (7.4) | 90.4 (9.6) | ≤0.0001 | 86.7 (10.1) | 94.4 (14.3) | 0.008 |
| Weight for age Z-scorea | −2.99 (1.10) | −2.11 (1.13) | 0.006 | −2.28 (1.01) | −1.88 (1.20) | 0.1 |
| Height for age Z-scorea | −4.18 (1.50) | −1.90 (1.21) | ≤0.0001 | −2.67 (1.77) | −1.71 (1.44) | 0.003 |
| Sitting height (cm) | 46.8 (3.6) | 53.5 (7.1) | 0.0003 | 50.2 (5.1) | 54.5 (6.8) | 0.0002 |
| Demispan (cm) | 36.9 (4.0) | 42.4 (5.8) | 0.002 | 40.3 (4.8) | 43.5 (6.4) | 0.05 |
| MUAC (mm) | 140 (7) | 147 (11) | 0.05 | 145 (11) | 148.0 (11) | 0.7 |
Data are described by mean (standard deviation) except age median (25th centile, 75th centile).
Group A: active rickets, Group B: rickets-like bone deformities, MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference. p-value indicates the significance of difference between cases and their linked controls in Groups A and B.
a
Calculated from WHO growth standards.