title: Influence of body weight on the biochemical indicators in menopause.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of the problems of today and probably this century is obesity, which is classified by the WHO as a disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a prospective cross-sectional study of the body weight impact on certain biochemical indicators in menopausal women living in the municipalities Cazin and Velika Kladusa.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study included 334 women aged 40-60 years, who had regular medical examinations. For each patient at the beginning of the study we measured: body mass index, total cholesterol values, LDL, HDL and triglycerides fractions. Our findings indicate an increase in total cholesterol, LDL fraction and triglycerides in patients with increased body mass index, without statistical significance. Values of HDL fraction were significantly decreased with increasing body mass index.
authors.affiliation: Primary Health Care, Health Care Center Cazin, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Muhamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosic
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Semso
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosic
authors.affiliation: Internist Consultative Service, Health Care Center Cazin, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Remzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samardzic
authors.affiliation: School of Health Studies, University of Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Sulejman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kendic
keywords: biochemical indicators; body mass index; menopause