Is there a potential link between vitamin D and pulmonary morbidities in preterm infants?

Conclusion The significant decrease of vitamin D concentration between RDS and non-RDS patients only reflected in “≤30 weeks” stage. And significant decrease of vitamin D concentration in BPD patients was both showed in “≤30 weeks” stage and “30–34 weeks” stage, which is consistent with “duration of oxygen support”. However, the overall effect did not show any difference in all preterm infants. It seems that the appropriate concentration of vitamin D is beneficial to lung maturation of human. Certainly, large sample, multi-center randomized controlled trials are necessary.
Source: Journal of the Chinese Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research