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Menopausal Hormone Therapy

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KEY FINDINGS

Clinically meaningful worsening of sexual function at 6 months after RRSO vs ISDO
OR 2.00
95% CI: 1.20-3.35
Source [1] · DOI ·
Clinically meaningful worsening of sexual function at 12 months after RRSO vs ISDO
OR 1.69
95% CI: 1.09-2.63
Source [1] · DOI ·
RRSO patients with clinically meaningful worsening of sexual function at 6 months
33.1%
Source [1] · DOI ·
ISDO patients with clinically meaningful worsening of sexual function at 6 months
16.8%
Source [1] · DOI ·
Sexual function and menopausal symptoms in RRSO patients who used hormone replacement therapy
no significant worsening
Source [1] · DOI ·
Overall hormone therapy and Parkinson's disease risk
RR 1.08
95% CI: 0.94-1.23
Source [2] · DOI ·
Combined estrogen-progestin therapy and Parkinson's disease risk
RR 1.40
95% CI: 1.07-1.82
Source [2] · DOI ·
Estrogen-only therapy and Parkinson's disease risk
RR 1.01
95% CI: 0.81-1.27
Source [2] · DOI ·
Combined therapy in multilevel analysis
RR 1.33
95% CI: 1.00-1.77
Source [2] · DOI ·
Estrogen-only therapy in multilevel analysis
RR 1.03
95% CI: 0.83-1.27
Source [2] · DOI ·
Interaction test comparing Parkinson's disease risk estimates between hormone-therapy formulations
p = 0.12
Source [2] · DOI ·

SOURCES

  1. [1]Lu, Karen H et al.. Patient-Centered Approach to Surgical Prevention of Ovarian Cancer: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.. JAMA network open. 2026. DOI (opens in new tab)
  2. [2]Macedo, Victor Fellipe Bispo et al.. Differential effects of hormone therapy formulations on Parkinson's disease risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2026. DOI (opens in new tab)

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