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About the Authors:
Germán D. Carrasquilla
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Paolo Frumento
Roles Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Anita Berglund
Roles Investigation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Christer Borgfeldt
Roles Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Matteo Bottai
Roles Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Chiara Chiavenna
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Mats Eliasson
Roles Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Sunderby Research Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Gunnar Engström
Roles Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund-Malmö, Sweden
Göran Hallmans
Roles Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Nutritional Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Jan-Håkan Jansson
Roles Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Research Unit Skellefteå, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Patrik K. Magnusson
Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7315-7899
Peter M. Nilsson
Roles Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund-Malmö, Sweden
Nancy L. Pedersen
Roles Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Alicja Wolk
Roles Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7387-6845
Karin Leander
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing - review & editing
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1404-9222Abstract
Background
Recent research indicates a favourable influence of postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) if initiated early, but not late, on subclinical atherosclerosis. However, the clinical relevance of timing of HT initiation for hard end points such as stroke remains to be determined. Further, no previous...