Gestational Age and the Cord Blood Lipidomic Profile in Late Preterm and Term Infants

Conclusion: There is a strong relationship between gestational age and the cord blood lipid profile at birth, providing further evidence for the importance of metabolic changes of late gestation. A number of the variations in the lipid profile with increasing gestational age are analogous to differences observed in the adult lipid profile with an increasing BMI.Neonatology 2018;114:215 –222

Source: Neonatology - June 25, 2018 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Source Type: research