Infant blood lipids: a systematic review of predictive value and influential factors.

Longitudinal data suggest correlative relationships in all lipid values around 6 months of age, except for TRG. Influential factors related to blood lipids in infancy include sex, race, family history, feeding, gestational length, birth weight, and maternal factors. Clinical measurement of infant lipids could perhaps provide an early marker of CVD and a target of early CVD prevention strategies. The identification of personal characteristics that associate with high or low values in each lipid could become important in the early identification of vulnerable populations and the promotion of personalized CVD prevention.