Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2005 Jul;48(7):1752-1759.

Effects of Hormone Therapy on Serum hs-CRP levels in Surgically Menopaused Women

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. kuslee@pusan.ac.kr

Abstract


OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effects of hormone therapy (HT) on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in surgically menopaused women.
METHODS
In this study, 156 healthy women were enrolled. After surgical menopause, 28 women were receiving HT and 32 women were not for 3 months, 28 women were receiving and 32 women were not for 1 year. Control group included 36 healthy premenopausal women not receiving HT. The effect of HT on plasma levels of hs-CRP and lipids were investigated.
RESULTS
Mean hs-CRP concentrations were significantly higher in surgically menopaused women receiving HT than premenopausal women (premenopausal: 0.069+/-0.080 mg/dL, HT for 3 months: 0.095+/-0.079 mg/dL, HT for 1 year: 0.159+/-0.313 mg/dL, p<0.05). Mean hs-CRP concentrations were also higher in surgically menopaused women not receiving HT than premenopausal women (premenopausal: 0.069+/-0.080 mg/dL, 3 months after surgical menopause: 0.108+/-0.215 mg/dL, 1 year after surgical menopause: 0.081+/-0.146 mg/dL, p>0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between receiving HT group and not receiving HT group in 3 months and 1 year after surgical menopause. Total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol were significantly lower in surgically menopaused women receiving HT than not receiving HT for 3 months and 1 year (total cholesterol; 191.3+/-44.7 in HT group, 227.1+/-24.5 in no HT group for 3 months after surgical menopause: 191.9+/-29.4 in HT group, 218.2+/-34.4 in no HT group for 1 year after surgical menopause, LDL cholesterol; 117.5+/-25.7 in HT group, 129.1+/-22.5 in no HT group for 3 months after surgical menopause: 120.6+/-26.2 in HT group, 136.6+/-32.1 in no HT group for 1 year after menopause).
CONCLUSION
hs-CRP was increased in surgically menopaused women than premenopausal women, however, there was no significant changes in hs-CRP between HT group and no HT group for 3 months and 1 year.

Keyword

hs-CRP; Hormone therapy; Menopause; Lipid

MeSH Terms

C-Reactive Protein
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, LDL
Female
Humans
Menopause
Plasma
C-Reactive Protein
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, LDL
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