Hormone Replacement Therapy

Delaying the Start of Estrogen Replacement Therapy May Have Beneficial Effects on Blood Pressure

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 20th, 2000

Women are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), hypertension, and increased systolic blood pressure after menopause than men of the same age group. Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) has been shown to reduce the risk of CVD in postmenopausal women, but research has been controversial as to the effects of ERT on blood pressure (BP).

"The effects of ERT on longitudinal changes in BP, whether these effects differ on the basis of age at which ERT is started or whether different BP at baseline influence the effects of ERT, remain unresolved," stated researchers.

Anaheim Scuteri and colleagues gave a presentation titled "Determinants of...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2000-05-20)

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