Table 4.

Maternal lipid levels in spontaneous preterm delivery cases and term controls ^a.

Lipid Concentration	Cases	Controls
n	183	376
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.275 ± 0.024 b	1.204 ± 0.016
ApoA1 (g/L)	1.141 ± 0.024 b	1.059 ± 0.017
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.712 ± 0.070	1.701 ± 0.048
TC (mmol/L)	4.448 ± 0.074	4.361 ± 0.051
LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.195 ± 0.066	3.165 ± 0.046
ApoB (g/L)	0.961 ± 0.020	0.979 ± 0.014

^a Data are mean ± SE. Models were adjusted for maternal age, pre-pregnancy BMI, parity, cigarette smoking, and ethnicity; ^b p < 0.001 vs. controls.