Relation between Maternal and Neonatal Serum Lipid Profile and Their Impact on Birth Weight.

Objective: Maternal malnutrition with disturbed lipid metabolism during pregnancy may affect the fetal lipid profile. We aimed to detect the relation between maternal and neonatal serum lipid profile, as well as to detect the serum lipid profile difference between small for gestational age (SGA) infants and appropriate for gestational age (AGA) infants to disclose the impact of maternal malnutrition on birth weight.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 pregnant women coming to the labor room.