Randomized Trial Evaluation of the Benefits and Risks of Menopausal Hormone Therapy Among Women 50–59 Years of Age

Abstract The health benefits and risks of menopausal hormone therapy among women aged 50–59 years are examined in the Women’s Health Initiative randomized, placebo-controlled trials using long-term follow-up data and a parsimonious statistical model that leverages data from older participants to inc...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of epidemiology 2021-03, Vol.190 (3), p.365-375
Hauptverfasser: Prentice, Ross L, Aragaki, Aaron K, Chlebowski, Rowan T, Rossouw, Jacques E, Anderson, Garnet L, Stefanick, Marcia L, Wactawski-Wende, Jean, Kuller, Lewis H, Wallace, Robert, Johnson, Karen C, Shadyab, Aladdin H, Gass, Margery, Manson, JoAnn E
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract The health benefits and risks of menopausal hormone therapy among women aged 50–59 years are examined in the Women’s Health Initiative randomized, placebo-controlled trials using long-term follow-up data and a parsimonious statistical model that leverages data from older participants to increase precision. These trials enrolled 27,347 healthy postmenopausal women aged 50–79 years at 40 US clinical centers during 1993–1998, including 10,739 post-hysterectomy participants in a trial of conjugated equine estrogens and 16,608 participants with a uterus in the trial of these estrogens plus medroxyprogesterone acetate. Over a (median) 18-year follow-up period (1993–2016), risk for a global index (defined as the earliest of coronary heart disease, invasive breast cancer, stroke, pulmonary embolism, colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, hip fracture, and all-cause mortality) was reduced with conjugated equine estrogens with a hazard ratio of 0.82 (95% confidence interval: 0.71, 0.95), and with nominally significant reductions for coronary heart disease, breast cancer, hip fracture, and all-cause mortality. Corresponding global index hazard ratio estimates of 1.06 (95% confidence interval: 0.95, 1.19) were nonsignificant for combined estrogens plus progestin, but increased breast cancer risk and reduced endometrial cancer risk were observed. These results, among women 50–59 years of age, substantially agree with the worldwide observational literature, with the exception of breast cancer for estrogens alone.
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/aje/kwaa210