Female sex hormones and risk of incident abdominal aortic aneurysm in Norwegian women in the HUNT study

ObjectiveThe delayed development of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in women compared with men might be secondary to a protective effect from endogenous estrogens. The role of postmenopausal hormone therapy remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of female sex hormones compared with other risk factors associated with AAA through a long-term study of a large female cohort.MethodsThe present prospective cohort...