Vitamin D and Reduced Surgical Site Infection

• Vitamin D Deficiency and Risk of Surgical Site Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2026-02
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 737
  • Surgical infections 27(1)
  • • Rana Farsakoury
    • Habib H Farooqui
    • Muhammad Naseem Khan
    • Susu M Zughaier

  • PubMed: 41108122
  • DOI: 10.1177/10962964251389152

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Surgical Site Infection

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  a cut-off level of <30 ng/mL is linked to even higher odds of SSI (OR: 3.84, 95% CI: 2.13-5.56)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes