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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Rickets and deprivation: A Nigerian study
The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Volume 119, No. 4, Year 1999
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Under-fives in 461 households were assessed clinically to determine the prevalence of rickets in sub-urban and rural communities in the Sahel savanna. Overt rickets was found in 11 (2.4%) of households and abnormalities suggestive of rickets in 69 (14.9%). There were significant variations (p<0.05) in the prevalence of rickets in association with ethnic grouping (higher in southerners and non-Kanuri, non-Hausa-Fulani northerners), religion (more prevalent among Christians), and mother's occupation and educational status (higher with working class mothers and mothers with at least a primary education). A significantly higher prevalence was also associated with late introduction (at more than seven months of age) of cereals to the infant's diet, more than one under-five in a household and presence of under-fives aged 13-48 months. In contrast, no significant variations in prevalence were observed in association with duration of breast feeding, use of multivitamins or cod liver oil, history of convulsions in under-fives, sex, nutritional status, or history of diarrhoea within a recall period of six months. Thus, rickets is common in under-fives in rural and sub-urban communities in the Sahel savanna and may be related more to enviromental and dietary factors than to culture and religion. Further studies are required to determine the relative roles of vitamin D or calcium deficiency to facilitate the planning and execution of a community-based intervendon programme in the area. © 1999, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Akpede, George Obozokhale
Nigeria, Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri
Ambe, Jose Pwavimbo
Nigeria, Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri
Omotara, Babatunji Abayomi
Nigeria, Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri
Statistics
Citations: 37
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/146642409911900403
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study