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- Title
Changes in postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy use among women with high cardiovascular risk.
- Authors
Hsu, Angela; Card, Andrea; Lin, Susan Xiaoqin; Mota, Sean; Carrasquillo, Olveen; Moran, Andrew
- Abstract
After randomized trials failed to support the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD), HRT use for postmenopausal women declined. Our analysis of 1999-2000 and 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Surveys (NHANES) shows that HRT use decreased 19% (from 27.6 to 8.4%; P<.001) among women with CVD versus 3% (from 19.8 to 16.8%; P=.68) among low-risk women, suggesting that most of the drop in HRT use may be among women prescribed HRT as an unproven treatment to prevent CVD.
- Publication
American journal of public health, 2009, Vol 99, Issue 12, p2184
- ISSN
1541-0048
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2009.159889