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The study group was comprised of 43,405 postmenopausal women. The baseline data for these women was hogan rebel outlet derived from the 45 and Up Study, Australia, which was longchamp pas cher a large scale study of healthy ageing. All women were postmenopausal, had an intact uterus, and had not been diagnosed with high blood pressure prior to the menopause. The researchers found that air max pas cher the use of HRT was associated with higher odds of having high blood pressure. Furthermore, a longer duration of HRT use was associated with higher odds of having high blood pressure, with the effect of hormone therapy use diminishing with increasing age. Of the 12,443 women who had used HRT (past or current), 20% self reported having high blood pressure compared with 17% of hogan sito ufficiale the 30 962 women nike blazer who had never used it. After adjusting for demographic and lifestyle factors, odds ratios for the association between HRT use and hypertension was 1.59 for those less than 56 years, 1.58 for those aged 56 61 years, and 1.26 for those aged 62 giacche peuterey outlet 70 years. Women who had used HRT doudoune moncler solde at any time were first diagnosed with hypertension 2.8 years earlier than women who had never used it. They noted that high blood pressure should be conveyed as a health risk for women considering HRT. They cautioned that an association between HRT and high blood pressure existed; thus, HRT did not necessarily cause high blood sac michael kors soldes pressure.
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This study provides information to any menopausal women on HRT. It is standard procedure to have one's blood pressure checked scarpe hogan outlet online when visiting a physician regarding HRT. Thus, if your blood pressure is not checked, you should request that it be done. A number of studies have reported that the low dose estrogen patch is a safe and effective method of HRT. The patch delivers a small amount of estrogen into the bloodstream. It is likely that many of the women in the study were on oral HRT; furthermore, some may have been on high doses. A study evaluating the low dose estrogen patch is needed to determine whether it is associated with an increased risk of elevated blood pressure and to what canada goose outlet degree.
Many factors are involved in elevated blood pressure including excess weight, lack of exercise, and sodium intake. If a woman is deriving benefits from HRT and has elevated blood pressure she should consider lifestyle changes that can escarpin louboutin pas cher counteract the rise in blood pressure. All medication carries benefits and risks; these should be discussed on an individual basis with your physician.
Robin Wulffson is a California native and a graduate of the UCLA School of Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American scarpe mbt outlet Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Lifetime Fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He served as a battalion surgeon with the 2/77th Artillery, 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam; he was awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Following his specialty training, he practiced obstetrics and gynecology in Orange County, California for 25 years. In addition to his medical and military background, he has a keen interest in parajumpers paris technology, michael kors outlet online including automobiles. Since 1998, he has done freelance writing in the healthcare field. He has published two novels, which hogan sito ufficiale feature a strong female protagonist: An Improbable Cause and Avalon. Dr.
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