The secretion of melatonin residents of the metropolis in the reproductive and postmenopausal life periods
The purpose of our study to determine the indicators secretion of melatonin in postmenopausal women compared with women of reproductive age. The study involved 40 women, 18 of them, with an average age of 24,6±2,5 years, they were interns and residents, obstetricians, gynecologists, of the South Ural state medical University (Chelyabinsk). The remaining 22 women were in the postmenopausal period, the average age - 56,2±4,8. The most complicated obstetrical-gynecological and somatic history was typical for women in postmenopause. The study revealed an inverse correlation of the average force between exposure to light at night, the presence of a high calorie diet and in the morning to a level of 6-sulfatoxymelatonin in the urine of women in reproductive age. The concentration of the 6-sulfatoxymelatonin in the evening and in the morning had no statistically significant differences between groups.