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 #
N01WH032111-012
Application #
2719902
Study Section
Project Start
1993-03-29
Project End
Budget Start
1998-01-06
Budget End
1999-09-14
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Emory University
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
042250712
City
Atlanta
State
GA
Country
United States
Zip Code
30322

  Publications

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Cauley, Jane A; Danielson, Michelle E; Jammy, Guru Rajesh et al. (2017) Sex Steroid Hormones and Fracture in a Multiethnic Cohort of Women: The Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI). J Clin Endocrinol Metab 102:1538-1547
Yoneyama, S; Yao, J; Guo, X et al. (2017) Generalization and fine mapping of European ancestry-based central adiposity variants in African ancestry populations. Int J Obes (Lond) 41:324-331
Kato, Ikuko; Lane, Dorothy; Womack, Catherine R et al. (2017) Interaction between Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Low-fat Dietary Intervention on Colorectal Cancer Incidence; the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Dietary Modification Trial. J Am Coll Nutr 36:462-469
Kraja, Aldi T; Cook, James P; Warren, Helen R et al. (2017) New Blood Pressure-Associated Loci Identified in Meta-Analyses of 475?000 Individuals. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 10:
Zaslavsky, O; Rillamas-Sun, E; Li, W et al. (2017) Association of Dynamics in Lean and Fat Mass Measures with Mortality in Frail Older Women. J Nutr Health Aging 21:112-119
Bao, Ying; Prescott, Jennifer; Yuan, Chen et al. (2017) Leucocyte telomere length, genetic variants at the TERT gene region and risk of pancreatic cancer. Gut 66:1116-1122
Chlebowski, Rowan T; Barrington, Wendy; Aragaki, Aaron K et al. (2017) Estrogen alone and health outcomes in black women by African ancestry: a secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial. Menopause 24:133-141
Smith, Caren E; Coltell, Oscar; Sorlí, Jose V et al. (2016) Associations of the MCM6-rs3754686 proxy for milk intake in Mediterranean and American populations with cardiovascular biomarkers, disease and mortality: Mendelian randomization. Sci Rep 6:33188

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