Glicemic, lipidic and anthropometric correlations among mothers and full-term newborn babies

The study aimed to characterize the glycemic and lipid plasma profile of the binomial mother/full-term newborn, at birth and at six-month-old. Too it was evaluated whether the maternal anthropometric and biochemical conditions are correlated with those of the newborn babies. This is a quantitative, descriptive and observational research. Data collection with 162 mothers/full-term newborn babies at birth, in the maternity and at six-month-old, at the follow-up ambulatory, with 69 children, in a university hospital in western Parana. Laboratory tests were performed on blood samples: glucose, insulin, total cholesterol and triglycerides. Data analysis were performed by descriptive and inferential statistics. For the newborn infant, only body mass index and triglycerides presented similar averages at birth and at six-month-old. It was observed that the growth scores of the newborn infants are influenced by the anthropometric variables of the mothers (p <0.05). Likewise, the biochemical dosages of the newborn babies are influenced by the same maternal dosages (p <0.10). The glycemic characterization was in agreement with the expected parameters. However, in the lipid characterization, only the total cholesterol, because the triglycerides were above the desirable levels. Thus, it is suggested that it may have occurred a programming of maternal characteristics in newborn infants.