Journal of general internal medicine
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Comparative Study
Ovarian aging and hormone replacement therapy. Hormonal levels, symptoms, and attitudes of African-American and white women.
To characterize reproductive hormone levels, symptoms, and attitudes related to menopause among healthy, menstruating white and African-American women aged 44 to 49 years. ⋯ Perimenopausal African-American and white women have different expectations of menopause and the role of medical care in menopause. This bears directly on women's acceptance of hormone replacement therapy. Conclusions are limited by the small sample size and convenience nature of the study population: further work with larger samples is needed to confirm these apparent differences.
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Comparative Study
Atherosclerotic risk factors are less intensively treated in patients with peripheral arterial disease than in patients with coronary artery disease.
To compare rates of therapy for atherosclerotic risk factors between patients with lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). ⋯ Atherosclerotic risk factors are less intensively treated among PAD patients than CAD patients. A number of possible explanations could account for these disparities in therapeutic intensity.