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. 2011 Mar 24;284(2):343–355. doi: 10.1007/s00404-011-1878-x

 

Endpoint (EPT) Relative risks (RR) ET: estrogen therapy, EPT: estrogen-progestin therapy Absolute risks (AR) Number needed to harm (+NNH)/number needed to treat (−NNT)
Hot flushes OR 0.13 (95% CI 0.07–0.23) n/a n/a
Recurrent urinary tract infections Vaginal ET (2 studies): n/a n/a
RR 0.25 (95% CI 0.13–0.30)
RR 0.64 (95% CI 0.47–0.86)
Coronary heart disease ET: myocardial infarction and coronary death: HR 0.91 (95% CI 0.75–1.12) −5 events/10,000 women/year of use (corresponding to 49 events [hormone group] versus 54 events [placebo group]; statistically not significant)
After myocardial infarction: HR 0.99 (95% CI 0.70–1.41)
EPT: HR 1.24 (95% CI 1.00–1.54) +6 events/10,000 women/year of use (39 events [hormone group] versus 33 events [placebo group]) +1,667
Stroke ET: cerebrovascular accident: HR 1.39 (95% CI 1.10–1.77) +12 events/10,000 women/year of use (44 events [hormone group] versus 32 events [placebo group]) +833
EPT: ischaemic stroke: HR: 1.44 (95% CI 1.09–1.90) +8 events/10,000 women/year of use (26 events [hormone group] versus 18 events [placebo group]) +1,250
Haemorrhagic stroke: HR 0.82 (95% CI 0.43–1.56) +0 events/10,000 women/year of use (4 events [hormone group] versus 4 events [placebo group])
Thromboembolic events ET: HR 1.47 (95% CI adjusted 0.87–2.47) +6 events/10,000 women/year of use (21 events [hormone group] versus 15 events [placebo group]) +1,667
EPT: HR 2.06 (95% CI adjusted 1.57–2.70) +17 events/10,000 women/year of use (35 events [hormone group] versus 17 events [placebo group]) +588
Dementia EPT: RR 1.97 (95% CI 1.16–3.33) +23 events/10,000 women/year of use (45 events [hormone group] versus 22 events [placebo group]) +435
Fractures EPT: femoral neck fractures: HR 0.66 (95% CI 0.45–0.98) −5 events/10,000 women/year of use (10 fractures [hormone group] versus 15 fractures [placebo group]) –2,000
Vertebral body fractures: HR 0.66 (95% CI 0.44–0.98) −6 events/10,000 women/year of use (9 fractures [hormone group] versus 15 fractures [placebo group]) –1,667
Total rate of fractures: HR 0.76 (95% CI 0.69–0.85) −44 events/10,000 women/year of use (147 fractures [hormone group] versus 191 fractures [placebo group]) –227
ET: fractures of the proximal femur: HR 0.61 (95% CI 0.41–0.91) −6 events/10,000 women/year of use (11 fractures [hormone group] versus 17 fractures [placebo group]) –1,667
Vertebral body fractures: HR 0.62 (95% CI 0.42–0.93) −6 events/10,000 women/year of use (11 [hormone group] versus 17 fractures [placebo group]) −1,667
Total rate of fractures: HR 0.70 (95% CI 0.63–0.79) −56 events/10,000 women/year of use (139 fractures [hormone group] versus 195 fractures [placebo group]) −179
Gall duct disease (any) ET: HR 1.67 (95% CI 1.35–2.06) +31 events/10,000 women/year of use (78 events [hormone group] versus 47 events [placebo group]) +323
EPT: HR 1.59 (95% CI 1.28–1.97) +20 events/10,000 women/year of use (55 [hormone group] versus 35 events [placebo group]) +500
Breast cancer EPT: RR 1.26 (95% CI 1.00–1.59) +8 breast cancers/10,000 women/year of use (38 events [hormone group] versus 30 events [placebo group]) +1,250
ET: RR 0.77 (95% CI 0.59–1.01) −7 breast cancers/10,000 women/year of use (statistically non-significant)
Ovarian cancer EPT: RR 1.11 (95% CI 1.020–1.207)
ET: RR 1.284 (95% CI 1.178–1.399)
Colorectal cancer EPT: HR 0.63 (95% CI 0.43–0.92) −6 colorectal carcinomas/10,000 women/year of use (10 events [hormone group] versus 16 events [placebo group]) −1,667
ET: HR 1.08 (95% CI 0.75–1.55) +1 colorectal carcinoma/ 10,000 women/year of use (statistically non-significant)
After breast cancer EPT: HR 2.4 (95% CI 1.3–4.2)

For references, see the chapter “Risk Communication” in the long version