Age at menopause, cause-specific mortality and total life expectancy.

Background: A later menopause has been associated with a decreased cardiovascular risk but with an increased risk for breast and endometrial cancer. The net effect on mortality is unclear. We determined the association of age at menopause with longevity and with the balance between cardiovascular and cancer mortality.

Does the beneficial effect of HRT on endothelial function depend on lipid changes.

Objectives: To determine whether improvement in endothelial function of the brachial artery observed in women treated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may be explained by changes in lipid profile or blood pressure, information was used obtained in a single-centre, randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Methods: Hundred-and-five healthy postmenopausal women, aged 50-65 years, were treated with 0.625 mg conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) combined with 2.

Plasma and urinary sex hormones are differently related to lipids in healthy postmenopausal women.

Objective: Endogenous sex hormones can be measured in plasma and urine. We determined the extent to which these two methods provide different information on hormonal status by relating them to lipid profile in postmenopausal women.

Methods: Thirty healthy postmenopausal women collected one 24-h urine sample and a blood sample was taken.