Association between vitamin D level at birth and respiratory morbidities in very-low-birth-weight infants.
Conclusion: The results show that 79.8% of preterm infants in this study had vitamin D deficiency at birth. Low vitamin D status was associated with respiratory morbidities, but the exact cause is unknown. Additional studies on the association between vitamin D level and neonatal morbidities are required.
PMID: 30360037 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Korean Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Korean J Pediatr Source Type: research
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