Fetal and maternal vitamin E content in correlation with blood lipids

ABSTRACT

The present study was designed to investigate the correlation between plasma Vitamin E and total lipids, cholesterol and triglycerides in maternal and umbilical cord blood. Levels of Vitamin E total lipids, cholesterol and triglycerides were significantly higher in maternal plasma[P > 0.001] vitamin E/total lipids ratio in cord blood was higher than that of maternal blood. Correlation of vitamin E levels with cholesterol and triglycerids levels in maternal group and cord blood group revealed no significant correlation the only significant correlation was between vitamin E levels with total lipids level in cord blood group where r = 0.673 and [p > 0.001] but no significant correlation in maternal blood. Since Vitamin E and lipids share a common lipoprotein carrier proteins