title: Neonatal hypertriglyceridemia: a new index of antepartum-intrapartum fetal stress?
abstract: The 95th percentile value of cord serum triglyceride concentration in 82 consecutively live born infants was found to be 0.79 mmol/l. This level was arbitrarily used to define neonatal hypertriglyceridemia. A comparison between 78 normotriglyceridemic and 61 hypertriglyceridemic newborn infants showed a significant association between elevated cord serum triglyceride concentration and insufficiency of the placenta, fetal bradycardia, meconium-stained amniotic fluid and one-minute Apgar score less than or equal to 7. A significantly (p less than 0.001) greater number of infants with one or several of these four factors, indicating antepartum and/or intrapartum fetal stress were found to be hypertriglyceridemic at birth. This finding suggests that estimation of cord serum triglyceride which is easy and inexpensive might be of value for a more complete evaluation of the newborn infant, and can serve as a supplement to the Apgar Score system.
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol