title: Serum level of ghrelin in umbilical cord in small and appropriate for gestational age newborn infants and its relationship to anthropometric measures.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the cord blood ghrelin level in (SGA) infants with the level in appropriate for gestational age (AGA) infants, and determine its relationship to anthropometric measurements at delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty newborn infants (30 SGA newborns and 20 AGA infants) were included in the study and were subjected to complete clinical examinations, anthropometric measurement, and ghrelin assays.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cord blood ghrelin level in SGA infants was significantly higher than that in AGA infants. Cord ghrelin level correlated negatively with gestational age, weight, length, and body mass index in SGA group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cord ghrelin concentration increased in SGA infants due to state of prolonged undernutrition the source of ghrelin unknown may be from the mother placenta or fetal tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al Minia University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Abdel Hakeem A
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Abdel Hakeem
authors.forename: Samera Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Saed
authors.forename: Mahmoud A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: El Rehany
authors.forename: Essam E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Yassin
keywords: Anthropometric measure; appropriate for gestational age; ghrelin; small for gestational age
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