PLASMA CHROMIUM LEVELS IN HYPOGLYCEMIC PRETERM, FULL-TERM AND IN INTRAUTERINE-GROWTH-RETARDED BABIES

Serum chromium levels of hypoglycemic preterm and fullterm babies were investigated. Normoglycemic preterm and full-term babies were selecte d as the control group. There was no statistically significant differe nce in serum Cr levels between preterm and full-term, hypoglycemic and normoglycemic, preterm hypoglycemic and preterm normoglycemic, full-t erm hypoglycemic and full-term normoglycemic babies. Serum Cr levels o f intrauterine-growth-retarded babies were relatively low compared to infants appropriate for gestational age. Serum Cr levels of babies wit h mothers younger than 35 years of age had significantly lower levels than older mothers' babies.