Why the study?
Are endogenous postmenopausal hormone levels associated with carotid atherosclerosis in women not using HRT?
Population
364 postmenopausal women without a history of hormone replacement therapy use from the ARIC cohort. Cases…
Comparison
Endogenous postmenopausal hormone levels vs Lowest quartile of hormone levels
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating in postmenopausal women not on HRT; leaves open causality and need for prospective outcome studies.
Are endogenous postmenopausal hormone levels associated with carotid atherosclerosis in women not using HRT?
Higher endogenous levels of total testosterone and SHBG are inversely associated with carotid atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women not using HRT.
Sherita Hill Golden (2002) studied this question.
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