Association of Elevated Maternal Serum Total Bile Acids With Low Birth Weight and Intrauterine Fetal Growth Restriction.

Importance: Bile acids play essential roles in metabolic modulation. Excessive serum total bile acid (sTBA) levels during pregnancy are associated with adverse perinatal outcomes; however, their association with the risk of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) remains unclear.

Objective: To investigate the association between maternal sTBA concentration during pregnancy and the risk of IUGR.