Association of Serum Sex Hormones with Hemostatic Factors in Women On and Off Hormone Therapy: The Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hormone therapy (HT) is associated with increased risk of both venous and arterial thrombosis, which are multifactorial in origin.

Objectives

Our objectives were twofold: first, we sought to examine associations between endogenous serum sex hormone levels and biomarkers of thrombosis and/or coagulation in postmenopausal hormone nonusers. Second, we separately studied the associations between serum sex hormone levels and biomarkers of thrombosis and/or coagulation in postmenopausal hormone users considering the fact that pattern of circulating hormones is different in women taking exogenous hormones.

Patients/methods

We performed a cross-sectional analysis of postmenopausal women enrolled in a large multiethnic community-based cohort study, The Multiethnic S

SUBMITTER: Williams MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4761837 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature