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  • Title: Treatment of post-menopausal hypercholesterolaemia with estradiol.
    Author: Tikkanen MJ, Kuusi T, Vartiainen E, Nikkilä EA.
    Journal: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Suppl; 1979; 88():83-8. PubMed ID: 230694.
    Abstract:
    Replacement therapy with estradiol valerate in 29 post-menopausal women reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations by 22% and increased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol by 21% after 12 months. Apart from a 67% increase of HDL-triglyceride estradiol had only a slight effect on the levels of lipoprotein triglycerides. Post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity was significantly decreased in subjects with normal pre-treatment very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) triglyceride levels, and hepatic lipase (HL) activity was significantly decreased in the group as a whole. It is suggested that estradiol replacement therapy should be considered in climacteric women with high LDL-cholesterol or low HDL-cholesterol levels, or both.
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