Post menopausal hormone replacement therapy and risk of acute myocardial infarction — a case control study of women in the East Midlands, UK | Zendy

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Post menopausal hormone replacement therapy and risk of acute myocardial infarction — a case control study of women in the East Midlands, UK

Author(s) -

Clair Chilvers

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.09.019

Subject(s) - medicine , hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , myocardial infarction , confounding , odds ratio , logistic regression , diabetes mellitus , observational study , demography , endocrinology , testosterone (patch) , sociology

To examine the relationship between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) adjusting for coronary risk factors and social and behavioural confounders that might indicate a healthy user effect and could account for the discrepancy between randomized and observational studies of HRT use.

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