Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of cardiovascular disease by age and years since menopause.

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Published in JAMA on April 04, 2007

Authors

Jacques E Rossouw1, Ross L Prentice, JoAnn E Manson, Lieling Wu, David Barad, Vanessa M Barnabei, Marcia Ko, Andrea Z LaCroix, Karen L Margolis, Marcia L Stefanick

Author Affiliations

1: Women's Health Initiative Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md 20892, USA. rossouwj@nih.gov

Associated clinical trials:

Women's Health Initiative (WHI) | NCT00000611

Data Analyses for Ancillary WISE Femhrt Hormone Replacement Study | NCT00600106

Sex Differences in Coronary Pathophysiology | NCT00823563

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