HRT may protect against peripheral vascular disease.(hormone replacement therapy)(News)

Postmenopausal women using hormone replacement therapy have a lower incidence of peripheral vascular disease than those not using it, according to a new Dutch study (Archives of Internal Medicine 2000; 160:2498502). The study results suggest that hormone replacement therapy may protect against atherosclerosis.

Drs Iris Westendorp and Jacqueline Witteman, epidemiologists at Erasmus University Medical School in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, led a multicentre team that reviewed data collected on 2569 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Rotterdam study. The Rotterdam study is a population based, prospective, follow up study that was designed to assess the occurrence and …