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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
卷 50, 期 4, 页码 1241-1249出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa284
关键词
Myocardial infarction; oestradiol; women; risk factor; UK Biobank; cohort study
资金
- UK Medical Research Council Skills Development Fellowship [MR/P014550/1]
- National Health and Medical Research Foundation of Australia [1080206, 1149987]
A study on over 263,000 women without a history of cardiovascular disease found that higher levels of estradiol were not associated with a decreased risk of myocardial infarction. The presumed cardioprotective effects of estradiol seem to be largely confounded by age and further confounded by other cardiovascular risk factors.
Background: It is commonly assumed that high oestradiol levels in women are cardioprotective. We assessed the association between oestradiol and the risk of incident myocardial infarction (MI) in women. Methods: We used data from 263 295 female UK Biobank participants [mean age 56.2; standard deviation (SD) 8.0 years] without previous cardiovascular disease (CVD). Associations of oestradiol with age and other cardiovascular risk factors were assessed. Cox proportional hazards models estimated crude, ag- and multiple-adjusted hazard ratios (HR) for MI associated with oestradiol levels. Results: After a mean follow-up of 9 years, 2206 incident cases of MI had been recorded, including 230 events among the 57 204 women (mean age 48) with detectable oestradiol levels. In the unadjusted analyses, a unit higher in log-transformed oestradiol was associated with an HR [95% confidence interval (CI) for MI of 0.73 (0.58; 0.92)]. After adjusting for age, this HR became 0.94 (0.75; 1.17), and after further adjusting for classical CVD risk factors, it was 1.05 (0.83; 1.31. Results were similar in subgroup analyses defined by age, menopausal status, socioeconomic status, contraceptive pill use and the use of hormone replacement therapy. The multivariable-adjusted HR for the 171 431 women (mean age 59) with undetectable levels of oestradiol, compared with those with detectable levels, was 0.97 (0.92; 1.02). Conclusions: Higher levels of oestradiol were not associated with a decreased risk of MI. The presumed cardioprotective effects of oestradiol seem to be largely confounded by age and further confounded by other cardiovascular risk factors.
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