Burden of illness of hypertension among women using menopausal hormone therapy: a US perspective.

Objective: To estimate the burden of illness (BOI) of hypertension in a cohort of women receiving menopausal hormone therapy (HT).

Methods: Patients with at least one prescription for menopausal HT were selected from the PharMetrics database during the period July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2005. Hormone therapy patients were divided into those with and without hypertension.