. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2009 Jul–Aug;16(4):639–643. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31819c11e4

TABLE 3.

Coronary heart disease events by treatment assignment, baseline hot flush status, and year of study

	Estrogen + progestogen group (n = 1,387)		Placebo group (n = 1,382)
Study year	No significant hot flushes (n = 1,147)	Significant hot flushes^a (n = 230)	No significant hot flushes (n = 1,178)	Significant hot flushes^a (n = 204)
Year 1	47	10	37	1
Year 2	36	11	40	9
Year 3	31	4	33	9
Year 4+	36	4	45	8
Total	150	29	155	27

Defined as hot flushes that were bothersome all, most, a good bit, or some of the time.