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Different effects of oral and transdermal hormone replacement therapies on factor IX, APC resistance, t-PA, PAI and C-reactive protein--a cross-sectional population survey.

Abstract
The effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on thrombosis risk, thrombotic variables, and the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP) may vary by route of administration (oral versus transdermal). We studied the relationships of 14 thrombotic variables (previously related to cardiovascular risk) and CRP to menopausal status and to use of HRT subtypes in a cross-sectional study of 975 women aged 40-59 years. Our study confirmed previously-reported associations between thrombotic variables and menopausal status. Oral HRT use was associated with increased plasma levels of Factor IX, activated protein C (APC) resistance, and CRP; and with decreased levels of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) antigen and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) activity. Factor VII levels were higher in women taking unopposed oral oestrogen HRT. The foregoing associations were not observed in users of transdermal HRT; hence they may be consequences of the "first-pass" effect of oral oestrogens on hepatic protein synthesis. We conclude that different effects of oral and transdermal HRT on thrombotic and inflammatory variables may be relevant to their relative thrombotic risk; and suggest that this hypothesis should be tested in prospective, randomised studies.
AuthorsG D Lowe, M N Upton, A Rumley, A McConnachie, D S O'Reilly, G C Watt
JournalThrombosis and haemostasis (Thromb Haemost) Vol. 86 Issue 2 Pg. 550-6 (Aug 2001) ISSN: 0340-6245 [Print] Germany
PMID11522002 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Acute-Phase Proteins
  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Plasminogen Inactivators
  • Factor IX
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator
Topics
  • Activated Protein C Resistance (chemically induced)
  • Acute-Phase Proteins (drug effects)
  • Administration, Cutaneous
  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Blood Coagulation Factors (drug effects)
  • Blood Viscosity (drug effects)
  • C-Reactive Protein (drug effects)
  • Data Collection
  • Factor IX (drug effects)
  • Female
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy (adverse effects, methods)
  • Humans
  • Menopause
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasminogen Inactivators (blood)
  • Risk Factors
  • Thrombophilia (chemically induced)
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator (drug effects)

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