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Our study tested the hypothesis that pyridinoline:deoxypyridinoline ratios in urinary degradation products may vary with ascorbate status in man. These ratios were compared between British and Gambian prepubertal boys, mean age 8\u00b73 years, and in Gambian boys between two seasons with contrasting ascorbate availability. The mean cross-links ratio in 216 British boys was 4\u00b736 (sd 0\u00b771), significantly greater (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt;0\u00b70001) than in sixty-two Gambian boys: 3\u00b783 (sd 0\u00b752). In the Gambians the cross-links ratio was significantly higher in the dry season (with high ascorbate intake and status) than in the rains (with low intake and status). A 7-week controlled intervention was carried out in Gambian boys during the rainy season (the \u2018hungry\u2019 season, when vitamin C-containing foods are virtually unavailable): 100 mg ascorbate\/d was given to one group of thirty-two Gambian boys and placebo to another group. The intervention did not, however, significantly alter the cross-link ratio, possibly because the response time and\/or intervention\u2013response delay is &gt;7 weeks. 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