“…Neonatal glucose imbalance is among the most common metabolic abnormalities in preterm newborns and is inversely related to gestational age and birth weight 1 . Furthermore, conditions such as perinatal asphyxia, respiratory distress, chronic stress, and some mothers' characteristics such as a history of gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and aging are risk factors for neonatal glucose imbalance 2,3 .…”