title: Personality and hormone therapy use among postmenopausal women in the GAZEL cohort study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine with a prospective design the association of personality with hormone therapy (HT) use before and after the publication of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaires were mailed to measure type A personality and hostility. Additional data from up to six mailed questionnaires every 3 years were used to determine the subsequent date of menopause and the use of HT. The association between personality and HT use was measured by the relative index of inequality computed through binary logistic regression.
  
  
  METHODS
  The French GAZEL Cohort Study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women (n = 1,803) who reached natural menopause during the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  None.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hormone therapy use within 1 year after the date of menopause.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hormone therapy use (916 users vs. 887 nonusers) was associated with type A personality (relative index of inequality = 1.88, 95% confidence interval = 1.35-2.63). This association remained significant after adjustment for all potential confounders (relative index of inequality = 1.84, 95% confidence interval = 1.23-2.74). There was no significant interaction between type A personality and the date of menopause as regards the WHI publication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Type A personality may be associated with HT use among postmenopausal women, regardless of other predictors, including vascular and breast cancer risk factors.
authors: Faculté de médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France. cedric.lemogne@egp.aphp.fr
authors: Cédric
authors: C
authors: Lemogne
authors: Silla M
authors: SM
authors: Consoli
authors: Henri
authors: H
authors: Panjo
authors: Hermann
authors: H
authors: Nabi
authors: Marcel
authors: M
authors: Goldberg
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Zins
authors: Virginie
authors: V
authors: Ringa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014434:Type A Personality; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology