Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements on Coronary Atherosclerosis in Postmenopausal Women

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Authors

David D. Waters · University of California, San Francisco

Edwin L. Alderman · Stanford University

Judith Hsia · George Washington University

Barbara V. Howard · MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

Frederick R. Cobb · Duke University

William J. Rogers · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Pamela Ouyang

Abstract

In postmenopausal women with coronary disease, neither HRT nor antioxidant vitamin supplements provide cardiovascular benefit. Instead, a potential for harm was suggested with each treatment.

Topics & Keywords

Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments Estrogen and related hormone effects Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 288, Issue 19, pp. 2432-2432

DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.19.2432

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