['The aim of this study was to determine whether the concentration of cytokines in the gastric fluid at birth was associated with chorioamnionitis or funisitis and with the white blood cell counts of very premature newborns.', 'We retrieved gastric fluid from 27 preterm infants with a gestational age of <29\xa0weeks within 1\xa0h of birth and used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to measure the concentrations of interleukin (IL)-1beta, epithelial cell-derived neutrophil-activating peptide (ENA)-78, IL-8 and growth-related oncogene (Gro)-alpha. The presence of histologic chorioamnionitis or funisitis in the placentas and the highest white blood cell count of the infants during the first week of life were compared to the cytokine concentrations.', 'Gastric fluid concentrations of IL-1beta, ENA-78, IL-8 and Gro-alpha were strongly associated with chorioamnionitis and funisitis. In addition, chorioamnionitis and funisitis and gastric aspirate cytokine levels were associated with the highest white blood cell counts of the infants during the first week of life.'] Are gastric fluid cytokines associated with chorioamnionitis and white blood cell counts in preterm infants?