CORD BLOOD LIPID HETEROGENEITY AND NEONATAL ANTHROPOMETRY

Abstract

The history of abnormal intrauterine fetal growth, or pre-term birthin individuals, is associated with abnormal cord lipid profile. Fetal growth retardation establishes a lifelong irreversible atherogenic profileand the prevalence and severity of carotid artery atherosclerosis in later years of adulthood, are linked to lower birth weights. The aim of this work was to study cord blood lipid profile and its relation to neonatal anthropometry and to detect the influence of maternal obesity and maternal age on the cord blood lipid profile. The study was a cross sectional study done on 100 neonates in Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital.The neonates enrolled in this study were apparently healthy neonates of gestational ages between27 and 42 weeks and Apgar score >7 at five minutes, and born to an apparently healthy mother. The neonates were divided into preterms and fullterms according to their gestational ages, Fullterms were further subdivided into SGA, AGA, LGA neonates according to their weight.