Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18521047›Full record

Trial reportMenopause (New York, N.Y.)

Effects of hormone therapy on soluble cell adhesion molecules in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease.

Joseph Yeboah, Karen Klein, Bridget Brosnihan, David Reboussin, David M Herrington

Open access · greenAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Menopause (New York, N.Y.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Estrogen and the cardiovascular system.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph YeboahDepartment of Internal Medicine/Cardiology and Public Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. jyeboah@wfubmc.edu
Karen Klein
Bridget Brosnihan
David Reboussin
David M Herrington
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

WORKER PROTECTION AGAINST AIRBORNE INFLUENZA - A PILOT STUDYM01RR007122 · NCRR · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KOCH, KENNETH L · 1992 to 2010
$35.2M
CVD Epidemiology Training ProgramT32HL076132 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI DAVID McLeod HERRINGTON · 2004 to 2026
$8.4M
Estrogen Receptor Variants, HDL, &AtherosclerosisR01HL072941 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HERRINGTON, DAVID MCLEOD · 2004 to 2005
$806k
NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR007122NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR07122NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL072941NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL076132NHLBI NIH HHS U01HL45488
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAlthough observational studies showed an apparent lower ischemic coronary disease risk in postmenopausal women receiving hormone therapy (HT), randomized clinical trials in postmenopausal women showed an increase in ischemic cardiovascular events. Soluble cell adhesion molecules have been associated with cardiovascular risk factors and events. HT reduces circulating levels of soluble cell adhesion molecules in healthy postmenopausal women, but its effects in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease are less clear. We assessed the effect of HT on soluble cell adhesion molecules in the Estrogen Replacement and Atherosclerosis trial.

designThe Estrogen Replacement and Atherosclerosis trial was a double-blind, placebo-controlled study that randomized 309 postmenopausal women (mean age, 65.8 y) to daily unopposed estrogen (conjugated estrogens 0.625 mg), estrogen plus 2.5 mg of medroxyprogesterone acetate, or placebo, with a mean follow-up period of 3.2 years. Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, and E-selectin were measured in serum obtained from participants at baseline and after 12 months of follow-up.

resultsOf the 265 women with complete data, 87 women were assigned to unopposed estrogen, 88 women to estrogen plus medroxyprogesterone acetate, and 90 women to placebo. Compared with placebo, 12 months of HT (n = 175) was associated with reductions in soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (25.6 +/- 4.7 vs 10.6 +/- 6.4 ng/mL, P = 0.06), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (80.2+/- 10.6 vs 28.8 +/- 14.7 ng/mL, P = 0.005), and E-selectin (8.8 +/- 0.9 vs -1.1 +/- 1.2 ng/mL, P < 0.001).

conclusionsTwelve months of HT in postmenopausal women with established coronary artery disease was associated with reductions in serum markers of endothelial cell activation/injury such as soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, and E-selectin.

Indexed as

Estrogen Replacement TherapyAgedCoronary Artery DiseaseE-SelectinEstrogens, Conjugated (USP)FemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Medroxyprogesterone AcetateMiddle AgedPlacebosPostmenopauseVascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1E-SelectinEstrogens, Conjugated (USP)Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Medroxyprogesterone AcetatePlacebosVascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1

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PMID18521047
PMCPMC11494414
OpenAlexW1979872856

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