About the Authors
- Judith Hsia
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jhsia@mfa.gwu.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- JoAnn E Manson
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Affiliation Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Lewis Kuller
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Mary Pettinger
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- John H Choe
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Robert D Langer
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Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Marian Limacher
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Albert Oberman
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Judith Ockene
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mary Jo O'Sullivan
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Jennifer G Robinson
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- for the Women's Health Initiative Research
Competing Interests
JGR has received grants from Abbott, Andrx Labs, Astra-Zeneca, Atherogenics, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffman La Roche, Merck, Pfizer, Procter and Gamble, Sanofi-Aventis, Schering-Plough, Sankyo, Takeda, and Wyeth Ayerst; has received speaker honoraria from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, and Pfizer; and is consultant for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Pfizer, and Proliant. JH, JEM, LK, MP, JHC, RDL, ML, AO, JO, and MJO have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
JEM and AO designed the study. RDL helped design the forms used for data capture and supervised data capture at one of the clinical centers for the study. JH, JEM, RDL, ML, AO, JO, MJO, and JGR enrolled patients. JEM RDL, ML, AO, JO, and MJO collected data or did experiments. ML is the lead investigator for the Women's Health Initiative clinical center at the University of Florida and was responsible for the entry, data submission, and follow-up of over 1,000 women enrolled in either of the two Women's Health Initiative hormone trials. JH, LK, and MP analyzed the data. MJO reviewed the data. JH, JEM, LK, MP, JHC, RDL, ML, AO, JO, MJO, and JGR contributed to the writing of the paper.