Open AccessComparison of Cord Blood Lipid Profile in Preterm Small for Gestational Age and Appropriate for Gestational Age Newborns
Author(s) -
Tejasree Katragadda,
Rajesh Shimoga Mahabala,
Sourab Shetty,
Shantharam Baliga
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24247.9197
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , cord blood , lipid profile , small for gestational age , umbilical cord , obstetrics , blood lipids , pregnancy , physiology , pediatrics , cholesterol , immunology , biology , genetics
Coronary heart disease is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in current era. The roots of this epidemic have been traced to as early as foetal life by foetal origin hypothesis. There are a few studies which have compared the cord blood lipid profile of preterm and term babies and thereby leading a path to primordial prevention of chronic diseases.