In 275 neonates mean cord blood cholesterol level was 70 +/- 17 (SD) mg/dl, with a range from 30 to 153 mg/dl. Mean cord blood triglyceride level was 33 +/- 26 (SD) mg/dl, with a range of 5-192 mg/dl. In an attempt to correlate perinatal problems and hypercholesterolemia in neonates we compared 15 hypercholesterolemic neonates who had cord blood cholesterol levels above 95 mg/dl, range 100-153 mg/dl, and triglyceride levels less than 65 mg/dl, with 65 normal neonates whose cord blood cholesterol levels were less than 95 mg/dl and triglyceride values were less than 65 mg/dl.
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