Abstract

The Women's Health Initiative is a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted in 40 clinical centers across the United States addressing some of the most common causes of death, disability, and impaired quality of life in postmenopausal women ages 50-79: cardiovascular disease; breast and colon cancer; and osteoporosis. The three components of this disease prevention trial are: (1) hormone replacement therapy with a primary outcomes of coronary heart disease and stroke and secondary outcomes of hip and other fractures; (2) low fat dietary intervention with primary outcomes of breast cancer and colorectal cancer and a secondary outcome of coronary heart disease; and (3) calcium and vitamin D supplementation with a primary outcome of hip fractures and secondary outcomes of colorectal cancer and combined fractures. A concurrent observational study will provide estimates of health effects of known risk factors and new predictors for disease. Each clinical center will collect data through questionnaires and biological specimens over 8-12 years.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Women'S Health Initiative - Office of The Director Nih (WH)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01WH042123-009
Application #
6085105
Study Section
Project Start
1994-09-30
Project End
2005-09-14
Budget Start
1999-06-07
Budget End
2001-08-26
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Medstar Research Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Hyattsville
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
20782

  Publications

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Klimentidis, Y C; Arora, A; Chougule, A et al. (2016) FTO association and interaction with time spent sitting. Int J Obes (Lond) 40:411-6
Zaslavsky, Oleg; Woods, Nancy F; LaCroix, Andrea Z et al. (2016) Identification of Risk Factors for Mortality and Poor-Quality-of-Life Survival in Frail Older Women Participating in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 64:831-7
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Ehret, Georg B (see original citation for additional authors) (2016) The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals. Nat Genet 48:1171-1184
Klimentidis, Yann C; Bea, Jennifer W; Thompson, Patricia et al. (2016) Genetic Variant in ACVR2B Is Associated with Lean Mass. Med Sci Sports Exerc 48:1270-5
Siegel, Rebecca L; Jacobs, Eric J; Newton, Christina C et al. (2015) Deaths Due to Cigarette Smoking for 12 Smoking-Related Cancers in the United States. JAMA Intern Med 175:1574-6

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