Reanalysis of the Women's Health Initiative oral contraceptive data reveals no evidence of delayed cardiovascular benefit.
Reanalysis of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) data regarding prior oral contraceptive use and the effect on cardiovascular disease reveals no evidence of a delayed benefit or harm. The WHI database was not designed to answer this question.
Stefanick
Marcia L
ML
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Departments of Medicine and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hoover Pavilion, Stanford University, 211 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5705, USA. stefanick@stanford.edu
Prentice
Ross L
RL
Anderson
Garnet
G
Gass
Margery
M
Manson
JoAnn E
JE
Hendrix
Susan L
SL
Vista-Deck
Diane
D
McNeeley
Gene
G
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016387:Women's Health
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral