Menopausal Hormone Therapy Use Among Postmenopausal Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is the treatment of choice for symptoms of menopause. However, its adoption is hindered by the risk-benefit trade-off in relation to acute and chronic diseases.

Objective

To evaluate trends in and correlates of MHT use among postmenopausal women in the US from 1999 to March 2020.

Design, setting, and participants

This serial cross-sectional analysis of MHT use used data from the nationally representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Participants included noninstitutionalized US postmenopausal women from 10 NHANES study cycles (1999-2000 to 2017-March 2020 [pre-COVID-19 pandemic]). Data were analyzed from December 2023 to April 2024.

Exposures

NHANES study cycle.

Main outcomes and measu

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437377 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature