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Association Of 24-32wk Maternal Triglyceride Levels And Neonatal Birth Weight At The Aga Khan University Hospital, Demetrius Mududa Omondi
Association Of 24-32wk Maternal Triglyceride Levels And Neonatal Birth Weight At The Aga Khan University Hospital, Demetrius Mududa Omondi
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Introduction: The association of neonatal birth weight and mid-term maternal lipid levels has been demonstrated in several studies with elevated serum triglyceride levels shown to be a strong predictor of the large for gestational age baby/ fetal macrosomia. Maternal diabetes remains the strongest risk factor for developing a LGA/macrosomic baby explained by the Pederson hypothesis. However non-diabetic macrosomia is still an obstetric dilemma with the attendant fetal and maternal complications. This phenomenon could be explained by altered maternal lipid metabolism as lipids have been shown to be important for normal fetal growth and development.
Objective: Our primary objective was to …