Table 2.
Dietary calcium, phosphorus and energy intakes 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 | |
| Calcium mg/d | 156 (80) | 323 (249) | 0.005 | 239 (166) | 254 (222) | 0.7 |
| Phosphorus mg/d | 322 (113) | 424 (155) | 0.009 | 380 (158) | 403 (168) | 0.3 |
| Ca:P (mg/mg) | 0.49 (0.23) | 0.74 (0.53) | 0.03 | 0.64 (0.37) | 0.61 (0.34) | 0.7 |
| Energy Kcal/day | 847 (197) | 961 (314) | 0.05 | 905 (388) | 992 (358) | 0.2 |
| Calcium/energya | 185 (86) | 345 (266) | 0.007 | 288 (203) | 249 (160) | 0.4 |
| Phosphorus/energya | 378 (74) | 446 (103) | 0.02 | 427 (88) | 405 (77) | 0.2 |
Normally distributed data, the results are mean (SD). Group A: active rickets, Group B: rickets-like bone deformities. Paired t-tests were used to calculate p-values for differences between cases and controls in Groups A and B.
a
Calcium/energy and phosphorus/energy = calculated values for calcium and phosphorus intakes in mg/1000 kcal of energy intake.