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Serum apolipoproteins A‐I and B in male and female full‐term new borns of the Toledo study (Spain)
Author(s) -
SánchezMuniz Bastida FJ,
Cuesta C,
Perea S,
Ureta A
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb14139.x
Subject(s) - medicine , apolipoprotein b , gestational age , birth weight , endocrinology , pregnancy , physiology , cholesterol , biology , genetics
Cord serum apolipoproteins (Apo) A‐I and B from 548 healthy, full‐term singletons were studied. Females displayed slightly, but significantly, higher Apo A‐I levels ( p < 0.001) than males. Particularly at weeks 38 and 39 ( p < 0.05), whereas Apo B was not gender affected but likewise increased ( p < 0.05) between weeks 37 and 41. Apo A‐I values increased ( p < 0.05) with gestational age in males, but with birthweight in females. Results suggest that small gender and age‐related metabolic differences exist at birth in terms infants