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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2011 Jun;18(6):629–637. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181fca9c4

Table 3.

Results of prospective study of oral postmenopausal estrogen use in women that followed up ~10 years later

Trait PME use group (N) Baseline Follow-up Unadjusted P value Age-adj P value Multivariate-adj P value
Follow up (years) Overall (443) 10.06±0.9 0.40
Never (87) 10.10±0.9
Past (247) 10.10±1.0
Current (109) 9.56±0.8

Age (years) Overall 65.4±9.0 76.0±9.1 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Never 68.8±8.5 79.3±8.4
Past 65.0±8.8 75.7±8.9
Current 63.7±9.4 74.2±9.5

Weight (lbs) Overall 144.6±24.6 143.2±27.6 0.03 0.03 <0.05
Never 141.7±22.9 137.2±24.5
Past 144.4±23.3 143.5±26.7
Current 147.3±29.0 147.4±31.0

BMI (kg/m2) Overall 25.1±4.1 25.5±4.7 0.05 0.05 0.06
Never 24.7±4.1 24.6±4.3
Past 25.1±4.0 25.6±4.7
Current 25.3±4.3 25.9±4.7

SBP (mmHg) Overall 131.0±21.5 131.6±20.2 <0.05 <0.05 0.05
Never 132.3±19.9 137.3±20.3
Past 130.1±21.5 130.2±19.9
Current 132.0±22.6 130.2±19.9

DBP (mmHg) Overall 75.4±8.5 72.2±9.7 0.07 0.07 0.08
Never 75.1±8.2 73.9±9.8
Past 75.2±8.2 71.8±10.3
Current 76.3±9.3 71.9±8.6

MAP(mmHg) Overall 94.0±11.3 92.0±11.3 0.03 0.03 0.04
Never 94.2±10.4 95.1±11.5
Past 93.5±11.1 91.3±11.5
Current 94.8±12.3 91.3±10.1

Serum creatinine (mg/dL) Overall 0.90±0.16 0.97±0.26 0.6 0.6 0.4
Never 0.92±0.18 1.01±0.32
Past 0.90±0.15 0.96±0.25
Current 0.89±0.14 0.97±0.22

eGFR by MDRD equation (ml/min/1.73 m2) Overall 69.0±14.1 63.3±16.0 0.5 0.5 0.4
Never 67.0±13.8 60.3±15.1
Past 69.2±14.1 64.2±16.5
Current 70.0±14.1 63.5±15.2

Natural-log UACR (mg/g) Overall 2.56±0.72 2.56±0.77 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Never 2.46±0.67 2.77±0.87
Past 2.60±0.70 2.52±0.69
Current 2.56±0.78 2.49±0.84

UACR (mg/g) Overall 12.4 (7.6-19.1) 11.9 (7.3-20.3)
Median (25th-75th quartiles) Never 10.8 (7.2-17.6) 13.9 (8.3-26.3)
Past 13.1 (7.6-20.9) 11.2 (7.6-19.1)
Current 12.2 (7.9-18.1) 11.8 (6.1-20.3)

Means±standard deviations are reported. eGFR- estimated glomerular filtration rate by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Equation. UACR- urine albumin: creatinine ratio (natural log due to non-normal distribution). Overall P values are determined by linear mixed models. Multivariate adjustment includes age, weight (obese, overweight, normal BMI), diabetes (Y/N), ever smoker (Y/N), hypercholesterolemia (Total cholesterol ≥200, or on cholesterol lowering medication, Y/N), HTN (as noted above, Y/N, not entered for HTN model).

age- adjusted P value <0.05 at follow-up visit as compared to baseline visit within each group (Never, Past, or Current users). Bold P value signifies P<0.05.