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MENOPAUSE-THE JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 487-493Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318154b9a5
Keywords
hormone therapy; estrogen; hormone therapy initiation
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- AHRQ HHS [U18HS11843, U18HS11843-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NCI NIH HHS [U01 CA063731, U19-CA-79689-05] Funding Source: Medline
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Objectives: To describe hormone therapy (HT) initiation after the 2002 publication of the Women's Health Initiative. Design: Observational cohort (1999-2003) of women ages 40 to 79 years, five health plans, used HT in July 2002 and subsequently discontinued or never used before August 2002. Results: Of discontinuers, 15.8% (3,203 of 20,205) reinitiated HT. Reinitiation was higher among estrogen users (23.8%) versus estrogen with progestin users (11.3%), and lower among those with diabetes (relative risk [RR] = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.61-0.76), cardiovascular disease (RR = 0.87, 95% CI: 0.83-0.92), and hyperlipidemia (RR = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.79-0.88). Only 2.3% (2,072 of 90,261) of never users initiated (August 2002 to December 2003). First-time initiation was associated with cardiovascular disease (RR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.10-1.25) and hyperlipidemia (RR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.17-1.33) and was less common among those with diabetes (RR 0.70, 95% CI: 0.63-0.79). Conclusions: After the Women's Health Initiative, a minority of women reinitiated or became first-time initiators of HT. Women with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia were less likely to reinitiate; women with cardiovascular disease and hyperlipidemia were more likely to be first-time initiators.
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