Cardiovascular mortality and noncontraceptive use of estrogen in women: results from the Lipid Research Clinics Program Follow-up Study.

L. Bush, Trudy; Barrett-Connor, E.; D. Cowan, Linda; H. Criqui, Michael; B. Wallace, Robert; Suchindran, Chirayath; A. Tyroler, Herman; M. Rifkind, Basil

doi:10.1161/01.cir.75.6.1102

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Cardiovascular mortality and noncontraceptive use of estrogen in women: results from the Lipid Research Clinics Program Follow-up Study.

Published in Circulation • Jun 1, 1987

Authors:

Trudy L. Bush

E. Barrett-Connor

Linda D. Cowan

Abstract

A cohort of 2270 white women, aged 40-69 years at baseline, were followed for an average of 8.5 years in the Lipid Research Clinics Program Follow-up Study. There were 44 deaths due to cardiovascular disease among the 1677 nonusers of estrogens and six cardiovascular disease deaths among the 593 est...

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Medicine

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Estrogen

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