Letter to the Editor in Response to: 25-OH Vitamin D Deficiency Does Not Significantly Predispose Young Children to Multiple Fractures From Minimal Trauma

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• Low vitamin D levels in children ≤5 years may not be associated with fracture patterns mimicking abuse, per Dyba et al.
• Infants <6 months—the age group most relevant to abuse vs. bone fragility debates—warrant separate subgroup analysis.
• The study's broad age range may obscure age-specific vitamin D effects on fracture risk in very young infants.
• Clinicians should interpret vitamin D findings cautiously when differentiating accidental trauma from non-accidental injury.
• Further research isolating infants <6 months is needed to clarify vitamin D's role in fractures that mimic abuse.

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