ascorbic acid deficiency: A condition due to a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), characterized by malaise, lethargy, and weakness. As the disease progresses, joints, muscles, and subcutaneous tissues may become the sites of hemorrhage. Ascorbic acid deficiency frequently develops into scurvy in young children fed unsupplemented cow's milk exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic alcoholism. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1177)
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VIT_DEF
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List of similar endpoints to
Vitamin deficiency
based on the number of shared cases.
Broader endpoints:
Narrower endpoints:
| All | Female | Male | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of individuals | 780 | 467 | 313 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.28 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 52.24 | 49.89 | 55.73 |
| Follow-up | Absolute risk | HR [95% CI] | p | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2019 | 0.06 | 4.02 [2.55, 6.33] | 2.1e-9 | 126 |
| 15 years | 0.03 | 4.50 [2.92, 6.93] | 8.3e-12 | 118 |
| 5 years | 0.01 | 6.18 [3.97, 9.61] | 6.0e-16 | 62 |
| 1 year | - | - | - | - |
Index endpoint: VIT_DEF – Vitamin deficiency
GWS hits: 0
before Vitamin deficiency
after Vitamin deficiency
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