Cord Blood Lipids of Normal Infants and Infants of Diabetic Mothers

Abstract

Total lipids, cholesterol, and phospholipid are estimated in the cord serum of 20 normal infants and 13 infants of diabetic mothers. The mean levels for the normal infants are total lipid 293 mg./100 ml., total cholesterol 75 mg./lOO ml., and total phospholipid 113 mg./lOO ml., and for the infants of diabetic mothers, total lipid 352 mg./l00 ml., total cholesterol 105 mg./100 ml., and total phospholipid 129 mg./lOO ml. Pantelakis et al. (1964) and Lloyd (1963) also found a higher mean cholesterol level in infants of diabetic mothers, and the weighted mean difference of cholesterol levels in the three series is highly significant.