Relationship between maternal and/or newborn cholesterol levels and neonatal septicemia: protocol for a Ugandan cohort of mother-newborn pairs

Table 1 Study procedures

Protocol activity	Screening	Enrolment	At labor ward admission	Post Delivery	Admission for neonatal sepsis
Assessment for eligibility	X	X
Informed consent		X
Maternal medical history	X	X	X
Maternal lipid profile		X	X
Newborn’s lipid profile on cord blood and PBMC isolation				X
Newborn assessment- birth weight, length, abdominal circumference				X	X
CBC					X
CRP					X
Blood culture					X

CBC complete blood count, CRP C-reactive protein, PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cells

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