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In this study, the relationship between intrauterine growth status and early metabolomics profile was evaluated.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:bold>A single-center retrospective cohort study was conducted. Three hundred and sixty-one newborn infants were enrolled into the study, and they were grouped according to their birth weight percentile as small for gestational age (SGA,<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 69), appropriate for gestational age (AGA,<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 168), and large for gestational age (LGA,<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 124) infants. In all infants, amino acid and carnitine\/acylcarnitine profiles with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS\/MS) were recorded and compared between groups.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>LGA infants had higher levels of glutamic acid and lower levels of ornithine, alanine, and glycine (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt; 0.05) when compared with AGA infants. SGA infants had higher levels of alanine and glycine levels when compared with AGA and LGA infants. Total carnitine, C0, C2, C4, C5, C10:1, C18:1, C18:2, C14-OH, and C18:2-OH levels were significantly higher and C3 and C6-DC levels were lower in SGA infants (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt; 0.05). LGA infants had higher C3 and C5:1 levels and lower C18:2 and C16:1-OH levels (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt; 0.05). There were positive correlations between free carnitine and phenylalanine, arginine, methionine, alanine, and glycine levels (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt; 0.05). Also, a positive correlation between ponderal index and C3, C5-DC, C14, and C14:1 and a negative correlation between ponderal index and ornithine, alanine, glycine, C16:1-OH, and C18:2 were shown.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>We demonstrated differences in metabolomics possibly reflecting the energy metabolism in newborn infants with intrauterine growth problems in the early postnatal period. 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