Vitamin d deficiency with high parathyroid hormone levels is related to late onset SEPSIS among preterm infants

Table 6 Relationship between 25(OH) D serum levels and comorbidities in Preterm Infants

	(N)	25(OH)D Baseline	p	25(OH)D 28 days	p
BPD	N [27]	17.8 ± 9.1	0.584	17.49 ± 6.65	0.532
BPD	Y [12]	16.12 ± 7.71	0.584	18.88 ± 5.36	0.532
Hyaline Membrane Disease	N [20]	14.32 ± 7.55	0.04	15.63 ± 5.33	0.048
Hyaline Membrane Disease	Y [28]	19.56 ± 8.99	0.04	19.36 ± 6.63	0.048
Retinopathy	N [29]	17.4 ± 8.71	0.996	18.14 ± 6.23	0.192
Retinopathy	Y [3]	17.37 ± 11.06	0.996	13.17 ± 7.32	0.192
Necrotizing Enterocolitis	N [30]	17.36 ± 8.62	0.917	17.61 ± 6.18	0.473
Necrotizing Enterocolitis	Y [4]	17.84 ± 8.62	0.917	20.02 ± 8.58	0.473
Periventricular Leukomalacia	N [30]	17.42 ± 8.86	0.96	17.94 ± 6.57	0.670
Periventricular Leukomalacia	Y [4]	17.19 ± 8.46	0.96	16.51 ± 3.18	0.670
Intraventricular Hemorrhage	N [29]	17.57 ± 8.89	0.630	18.03 ± 6.42	0.4
Intraventricular Hemorrhage	Y [3]	15.01 ± 6.97	0.630	14.8 ± 4.73	0.4
LOS	N [26]	17.82 ± 8.99	0.738	19.74 ± 7.37	0.031
LOS	Y [23]	16.94 ± 8.63	0.738	15.73 ± 4.23	0.031

BPD: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia. LOS: Late onset sepsis. No: N; Yes: Y
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures for comparisons between groups. Data are expressed as mean ± SD

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