[Lipoprotein(a)--a new independent cholelithiasis risk factor?].

Aim: To study the level of lipoprotein(a)--Lp(a) in the blood serum and incidence of isoforms of apolipoprotein(a)--apo(a) in males and females with cholelithiasis and free of it in population of Novosibirsk; to assess possible correlations between Lp(a) level in the blood, apo(a) isoforms and bile lithogenicity in females with cholesterol cholelithiasis.

Material And Methods: Examination of the representative samples of 870 females aged 25-64 years and 405 males aged 35-54 years has detected cholelithiasis in 91 females and 19 males.

Results: Serum levels of Lp(a) are associated with cholelithiasis.

[Providing of adult population of Novosibirsk with iodine].

32,7% of the population of Novosibirsk consume iodine salt. The median of iodine is revealed 106,8 mkg/l. The iodine deficiency is revealed 46,3%.

[Significance of different methods in evaluation of prevalence of cholelithiasis in population: pathoanatomical and lifetime ultrasonic diagnostics].

Aim: To evaluate the occurrence of cholelithiasis (CL) diagnosed by routine autopsy and to compare these data with the results of ultrasonographic examination of the general population.

Material And Methods: Autopsy protocols (n = 1124) from a large general hospital were analysed, and a representative sample of Novosibirsk population (1678 examinees aged 25-64 years) was examined by ultrasonography.

Results: Prevalence of CL increased with age and was five-fold higher in females than in males.

[Prevalence of and risk factors for gallstones in female population of Novosibirsk].

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of gallstones and associated factors in female population of Novosibirsk (Western Siberia).

Materials And Methods: A representative sample of 870 women aged 25-64 years was drawn from general population according to WHO "MONICA" protocol. The subjects were screened for the presence of gallstones by gallbladder ultrasonography, completed a questionnaire relating to food and alcohol consumption, smoking, gastrointestinal symptoms and obstetric history.