ArticleKorean journal of pediatrics2017
Effects of cord blood vitamin D levels on the risk of neonatal sepsis in premature infants.
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- Vitamin D and Neonatal Sepsis: Current Evidence, Biological Mechanisms, and Future Directions-A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Association of vitamin D status with novel hemogram-derived inflammatory indices in preterm infants.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Serum Vitamin D Levels at Birth and Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis in Preterm Neonates: A Retrospective Exploratory Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Role of Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptor in Sepsis.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- Determining the Relationship Between Maternal and Neonatal Vitamin D Serum Levels in Term Infants With and Without Sepsis.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2025Article
- Is 25OH Vitamin D Excess before 36 Weeks Corrected Age an Independent Risk Factor for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Death?Nutrients · 2023Article
- Risk factors associated with vitamin D deficiency in preterm neonates: a single-center step-wise regression analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- The relationship between hematological indices as indicators of inflammation and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 status in newborns.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Vitamin D Deficiency: An Underestimated Factor in Sepsis?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Association between vitamin D deficiency at one month of age and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.Medicine · 2021Observational
- Effects of vitamin D on neonatal sepsis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Food science & nutrition · 2021Article
- Investigation of association between maternal 25-OH vitamin D serum levels and neonatal early onset sepsis in newborns by evaluating key factors.Lipids in health and disease · 2019Article
- Vitamin D and associated perinatal-neonatal outcomes among extremely low-birth-weight infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2018Observational
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Abstract
purposeVitamin D plays a key role in immune function. Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in the pathogenesis of infections, and low levels of circulating vitamin D are strongly associated with infectious diseases. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of low vitamin D levels in cord blood on neonatal sepsis in preterm infants.
methodsOne hundred seventeen premature infants with gestational age of <37 weeks were enrolled. In the present study, severe vitamin D deficiency (group 1) was defined as a 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration <5 ng/mL; vitamin D insufficiency (group 2), 25(OH)D concentration ≥5 ng/mL and <15 ng/mL; and vitamin D sufficiency (group 3), 25(OH)D concentration ≥15 ng/mL.
resultsSixty-three percent of the infants had deficient levels of cord blood vitamin D (group 1), 24% had insufficient levels (group 2), and 13% were found to have sufficient levels (group 3). The rate of neonatal sepsis was higher in group 2 than in groups 1 and 3.
conclusionThere was no significant relationship between the cord blood vitamin D levels and the risk of neonatal sepsis in premature infants.
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