Endogenous sex hormone levels are associated with the revised Framingham Stroke Risk Profile in postmenopausal women: a longitudinal study in a Swedish cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endogenous sex hormones in postmenopausal women have been associated with risk of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the association between endogenous sex hormones and the revised Framingham Stroke Risk Profile (rFSRP) in postmenopausal women.

Methods

This is an observational cross-sectional study on the Vara-Skövde cohort, a Swedish population-based study for longitudinal surveillance of the development and progress of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. The participants were physically examined in 2002-2005 and sex hormones were analysed with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay (LC-MS/MS). Women who were ≥55 years old, with estradiol levels below 20 pg/mL, not using hormonal therapy, and with no self-reported history

SUBMITTER: Ottarsdottir K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11765893 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature