Updates on the Status of Vitamin D as a Risk Factor for Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Table 3

Reports of the correlation between vitamin D deficiency and respiratory distress syndrome in human studies.

No	Source	Population	Results
1	Ataseven et al. 2013 [35]	Preterm newborns, born at 29–35 weeks gestational age	Respiratory distress syndrome was more common in preterm babies with 25(OH)D deficiency
2	Barnett et al. 2013 [36]	Patients with sepsis and trauma with or without ALI/ARDS	25-OHD levels did not differ between cases with ALI/ARDS
3	Dancer et al. 2015 [22]	Human (primary alveolar epithelial cells)	Vitamin D has effects on primary human alveolar epithelial cells affecting >600 genes
4	Fettah et al. 2015 [37]	81 preterm infants	Lower cord blood 25(OH)D levels might be associated with increased risk of RDS in preterm infants with very low birth weight