Background: Preterm birth rates continue to rise. Suggestions have been made that preterm birth rates have also increased because of a dramatic rise in late preterm births, defined as births between 34 weeks and 36-6/7 weeks of gestation. Latepreterm births are considered functionally mature but, several line of evidences suggest that, compared with term neonates, they have a higher risk of complications. Objectives: The present study was done to compare the outcome of late preterm infants born in our hospital, compared to those born at term. Patients and Methods: This is a prospective study conducted on 250 newborn born in maternal unit and neonatal intensive care unit of Fayoum University Hospital and BeniSuef General Hospital during 6 consecutive months(the period from May 2015 to November 2015).The study sample comprised late-preterm infants (cases) and a group of full term newborns(controls). Maternal, gestational and neonatal variables were analyzed. Means and standard deviations were used to compare numerical variables between case and control groups using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (KS) and the Mann-Whitney test.