Association of vitamin D status with novel hemogram-derived inflammatory indices in preterm infants
Dilek Kurnaz, Ayşe Işıl Özsoy, Zeynep Üze Okay, Berker Okay, Burcu Cebeci, Hakan Çakır MD¹, Derya Büyükkayhan MD¹ · 2026
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Description
Dilek Kurnaz and colleagues ask in 2026 whether vitamin D levels in preterm infants relate to inflammation scores calculated from a routine blood count. Such scores combine white-cell and platelet counts and are cheap to obtain in intensive care.
Charts for 212 infants born at or before 34 weeks were reviewed. Vitamin D was low in many infants, with deficiency in about four in ten. Blood-count scores and standard infection markers differed little across vitamin D groups in the opening results. Readers get a careful check on whether a common vitamin measure adds information beyond tests already taken on the first day of life.
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| CREATOR | Dilek Kurnaz, Ayşe Işıl Özsoy, Zeynep Üze Okay, Berker Okay, Burcu Cebeci, Hakan Çakır MD¹, Derya Büyükkayhan MD¹ |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35291 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |