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We sought to determine whether FABP4 is associated with poor or excessive fetal growth and fetal lipids.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In a nested case-control study in the Shanghai Birth Cohort including 60 trios of small-for-gestational-age (SGA, an indicator of poor fetal growth), large-for-gestational-age (LGA, an indicator of excessive fetal growth) and optimal-for-gestational-age (OGA, control) infants, we measured cord blood concentrations of FABP4 and lipids [high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterols, triglycerides (TG)].<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Adjusting for maternal and neonatal characteristics, higher cord blood FABP4 concentrations were associated with a lower odds of SGA [OR\u2009=\u20090.29 (0.11\u20130.77) per log unit increment in FABP4, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01], but were not associated with LGA (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.46). Cord blood FABP4 was positively correlated with both LDL (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.29, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.025) and HDL (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.33, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01) in LGA infants only.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>FABP4 was inversely associated with the risk of SGA. 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