The impact of maternal lipid levels of non-diabetic pregnant women on fetal weight

Objective: It is aimed to evaluate the impacts of maternal lipid levels of non-diabetic pregnant women on fetal birth weight. Methods: A total of 120 patients who admitted to our maternity ward of our hospital and had 50 g glucose screening test results lower than 135 mg/dL were included to our study and the levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein (HDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) were measured in their fasting blood between 25 and 35 weeks of gestation. The patients were separated into two groups by taking 250 mg/dL of TG value as threshold (Group I: TG<250, Group II: ≥250). Both groups were compared in terms of age, fetal birth weight, glucose screening, and delivery weeks. Results: It was found that the mean age of patients was 27.65±5.40, mean BMI was 28.29±4.24, and mean lipid measurement week was 28.29±4.24. The mean delivery week and birth weight were 38.53± 2.11 and 3295.75±564.58 g, respectively. Mean glucose screening, and the values of TC, TG, HDL and LDL were found as 99.32±19.49 mg/dL, 243.01±44.24 mg/dL, 255.28±90.27 mg/dL, 68.44±18.52 mg/dL and 123.21±37.11 mg/dL, respectively. The mean ages of both groups (Group I and Group II) were 27.8±5.3 and 27.5±5.4, the mean fetal birth weights were 3343.5±451.1 and 3241.0±671.4, the mean glucose screening values were 100.1±19.2 mg/dL and 98.3±19.8 mg/dL, and the mean delivery weeks were 38.4±1.6 and 38.6±2.5, respectively. There was statistically no significant difference between both groups in terms of age, fetal birth weight, glucose screening values and delivery weeks. There was also no correlation between TG levels and fetal weight. Conclusion: According to our study, no relationship was found between fetal birth weights and lipid parameters of non-diabetic pregnant women.