Affiliation:
1. Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract
Abstract
Objective
While the deleterious associations of surgical menopause after bilateral oophorectomy with cardiovascular disease are documented, less is specifically known concerning subclinical atherosclerosis progression.
Methods
We used data from 590 healthy postmenopausal women randomized to hormone therapy or placebo in the Early versus Late Intervention Trial with Estradiol (ELITE), which was conducted from July 2005 to February 2013. Subclinical atherosclerosis progression was measured as annual rate of change in carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) over a median 4.8 years. Mixed-effects linear models assessed the association of hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy compared with natural menopause with CIMT progression adjusted for age and treatment assignment. We also tested modifying associations by age at or years since oophorectomy or hysterectomy.
Results
Among 590 postmenopausal women, 79 (13.4%) underwent hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy and 35 (5.9%) underwent hysterectomy with ovarian conservation, a median of 14.3 years before trial randomization. Compared with natural menopause, women who underwent hysterectomy with and without bilateral oophorectomy had higher fasting plasma triglycerides while women who underwent bilateral oophorectomy had lower plasma testosterone. The CIMT progression rate in bilaterally oophorectomized women was 2.2 μm/y greater than natural menopause (P = 0.08); specifically, compared with natural menopause, the associations were significantly greater in postmenopausal women who were older than 50 years at the time of bilateral oophorectomy (P = 0.014) and in postmenopausal women who underwent bilateral oophorectomy more than 15 years before randomization (P = 0.015). Moreover, the CIMT progression rate in hysterectomized women with ovarian conservation was 4.6 μm/y greater than natural menopause (P = 0.015); in particular, compared with natural menopause, the association was significantly greater in postmenopausal women who underwent hysterectomy with ovarian conservation more than 15 years before randomization (P = 0.018).
Conclusions
Hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy and ovarian conservation were associated with greater subclinical atherosclerosis progression relative to natural menopause. The associations were stronger for later age and longer time since oophorectomy/hysterectomy. Further research should continue to examine long-term atherosclerosis outcomes related to oophorectomy/hysterectomy.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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