Lipid profile in neonates

Abstract

Serum lipid profile was evaluated in cord blood from 101 neonates (41 males and 60 females) from low income families, attending Hospital San Vicente de Paúl. in Medellín, Colombia; comparisons were made with results from other populations. Mean values for serum total cholesterol (TC) were 71.4 and 77.1 mg/dl in males and females respectively, and those for triglycerides were 43.4 and 39.0 mg/dl; these differences were not significant; in contrast. mean HDl-cholesterol (HDl-C) levels were significantly different: 26.7 in males vs 31.0 mg/dl in females (p = 0.0037). Females had a lower TC/HDl-C ratio than males (2.6 vs 2.9, p = 0.027). Serum concentrations of lipids in our sample reached only 50% of school-age children levels and were similar to those reported from neonates of caucasian North American and European populations. both western and eastern. But somewhat different from those of North American black children. Results of this study might become reference levels of serum lipids from low income neonates in this colombian region.