[Lipid index (WL) in the blood serum of women undergoing surgery in the perimenopausal age]. / Wartosc wskaznika lipidowego w surowicy krwi kobiet poddanych operacjom ginekologicznym w okresie okolomenopauzalnym.

OBJECTIVES: In the blood serum from women divided into 4 groups (healthy women aged 24 and 45 years and patients after the gynaecological surgery with sparing or radical resection of uterus) the lipids index (WL) was determined. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The WL index expresses the correlations among the HDL, LDL, triglycerides and A1 and B apolipoproteins. In the perimenopausal period in women the decrease in the lipids index WL was observed comparing to the women at age of 25. RESULTS: During the diseases indicated the necessity of gynecological surgery in women in the perimenopausal period further decrease in the lipids index WL was noticed. Contrary to the sparing operation, surgical intervention with radical resection of uterus causes the following WL decrease observed in 3rd month after it. CONCLUSION: It may suggest that these differences have hormonal background.