Serum apolipoproteins A-I and B in male and female full-term new borns of the Toledo study (Spain) |
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| Authors: | Bastida FJ Sá nchez-Muniz,C Cuesta,S Perea,A Ureta |
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| Affiliation: | Departmento de Nutrición Instituto de Nutrición y Bromatologia (CSIC);Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;Servicio de Farmacia, Servicio de pediartia, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain;Servicio de Farmacia, Servicio de pediartia, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Cord serum apolipoproteins (Apo) A-I and B from 548 healthy, full-term singletons were studied. Females displayed slightly, but significantly, higher Apo A-I levels ( p < 0.001) than males. Particularly at weeks 38 and 39 ( p < 0.05), whereas Apo B was not gender affected but likewise increased ( p < 0.05) between weeks 37 and 41. Apo A-I values increased ( p < 0.05) with gestational age in males, but with birthweight in females. Results suggest that small gender and age-related metabolic differences exist at birth in terms infants |
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| Keywords: | Apolipoproteins A-1 and B birth weight gestational age Neonates |
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