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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1984;27(1):25-32. Published online January 31, 1984.

A study on Serum Vitamin E and HDL-Cholesterol Level in Mother and Newborn.

Jae Keun Yoon¹, Chul Wun Park¹, Hye Jin Suh¹, Im Ju Kang¹, Chung Chul Kim², Tae Ho Chung²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Fatima Hospital, Taegu, Korea
²Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, KyungPook National University, Taegu, Korea

Abstract

A significant redistribution of cholesterol in lipoproteins following ingestion of large doses of vitamin E is documented. Especially vitamin E has been reported to increase serum high density lipoprotein(HDL) cholesterol. The inverse relationship between HDL-cholesterol and risk of develoing coronary disease was well known. Present study was undertaken to determine whether the corelation between vitamin E and HDL-cholesterol was significant in mother and newborn. Also the levels of serum vitamin E, HDL-cholesterol, cholesterol and triglyceride in mother and newborn was determined. The vitamin E and HDL-cholesterol levels of mother were significantly higher than those of the newborn. The corelation between vitamin E and HDL-cholesterol in mother and new- born was not significant. The corelation of vitamin E levels between mothers and their newborns was not significant and that of HDL-cholesterol levels was also not significant. Both serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels of mother were significantly higher than those of newborn.

Keywords :Vitamin E; HDL-cholesterol