TABLE 3.
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of women who have been prescribed HT for the past year compared with those who did not using age-matched case-control data with a 1:3 ratio
| Variables | HT recent users (n = 53) | HT never users (n = 159) | P value |
| Age, y | 49.40 ± 11.04 | 49.40 ± 10.97 | 0.925 |
| Comorbidities, no. (%) | |||
| Cardiovascular disease | . | . | NA |
| Cerebrovascular disease | . | . | NA |
| Hypertension | 5 (9.43) | 17 (10.69) | 0.795 |
| Heart failure | 0 | 6 (3.77) | 0.151 |
| Diabetes | 4 (7.55) | 11 (6.92) | 0.877 |
| Pulmonary disease | 5 (9.43) | 15 (9.43) | >0.999 |
| Malignancy | 1 (1.89) | 0 | 0.250 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 0 | 3 (1.89) | 0.314 |
| Chronic liver disease | . | . | NA |
| Treatments, no. (%) | |||
| Oxygen therapy | 1 (1.89) | 10 (6.29) | 0.211 |
| Invasive mechanical ventilation | 0 | 2 (1.26) | 0.412 |
| Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation | 0 | 1 (0.63) | 0.563 |
| Renal replacement therapy | 0 | 1 (0.63) | 0.563 |
| Clinical outcomes | |||
| ICU admission, no. (%) | 2 (3.77) | 6 (3.77) | >0.999 |
| Length of ICU stay, d | 19.0 ± 15.56 | 15.67 ± 7.87 | 0.210 |
| Length of hospital stay for admitted patients, d | 6.89 ± 8.65 | 6.91 ± 9.11 | 0.677 |
| Mortality | 0 | 1 (0.63) | 0.563 |
HT, hormone therapy; ICU, intensive care unit.