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Hormone replacement therapy in Norwegian women, 1996-1997
Author(s)	Kjersti Bakken, Anne Elise Eggen, Eiliv Lund
Journal title	Maturitas, vol 40, no 2, November 2001
Pages	pp 131-142
Keywords	Health [elderly] ; Drugs ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Cross sectional surveys ; Longitudinal surveys ; Norway.
Annotation	A random sample of 18,199 Norwegian women aged 45-64 responded to a postal questionnaire in 1996-97. The questionnaire included questions about menstruation status and fertility, oral contraceptive (OC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use, lifestyle, health and socio-economic status. The response rate was 60%. Results showed an overall prevalence of ever using systemic or local HRT of 43.9%. The highest prevalence was in the 55-59 age group, for which ever having used HRT was 57.4% and current use 43.1%. These and other results confirm the increasing trend in sales of oestrogens in Norway, and suggest that user patterns are changing. Socio-economic differences between users and non-users seem to disappear among women under 55 years of age, but persist in older age groups. However, short time use of HRT still dominates. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011205203 A
Classmark	CC: LLD: F: 3KB: 3J: 76N
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