The Associations of Hormone Replacement Therapy: RESULTS

Among the 333 minority women included for the final analysis, the majority of the women were unemployed, and only one-third had some form of medical insurance. Study population characteristics are described in Table 1.

Only 14.8% (55/333) of women studied were using HRT. In the bivariate analyses, age less than 65 years, good health status and regular exercise were significantly associated with HRT use. There were no differences between African-American and Hispanic American women in HRT use. There were, however, significant differences in the demographic and lifestyle characteristics between the African-American and Hispanic American women. None of the preventive practices studied were associated with HRT use in the bivariate analyses. The bivariate analyses are shown in Tables 2 and 3.
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Table 1. Study Population Characteristics (n=333)

Patient Characteristics	N(%)
Age 65 and older	118 (35)
Employed	55 (17)
Insurance	103 (31)
Married	93 (28)
Good health status	162 (49)
Income >$ 10,000	45 (14)
Education > sixth grade	199 (61)
Cigarette smoking	70 (21)
Alcohol use (more than 1 drink/day)	28 (9)
Medical conditions >3	158 (48)
Medications >3	176 (53)
Regular exercise	187 (57)
Location—outpatient	205 (61.4)
Regular medical provider	130 (40)

Table 2. Bivariate Analyses of Demographics Associated with HRT

	Others		Current Users		P Value
Variables	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Age Group <65 Years >65 Years	175 108	81.4 91.5	40 10	18.6 8.5	0.01*
Ethnicity Black Hispanic	171 112	84.7 85.5	31 19	15.3 14.5	0.83
Employed Yes No	45 236	81.8 85.5	10 40	18.2 14.5	0.48
Insurance Yes No	89 192	86.4 84.2	14 36	13.6 15.8	0.61
Martial Status Married Not Married	79 204	84.9 85.4	14 35	15.1 14.6	0.93
Annual Income <$ 10,000 >$ 10,000	240 35	86.0 77.8	39 10	14.0 22.2	0.16
Education <6th Grade >6th Grade	106 169	84.1 84.9	20 30	15.9 15.1	0.85
Smoking Yes No	59 222	84.3 85.1	11 39	15.7 14.9	0.61
Dr/nk/Day <1 Drink a Day >1 Drink a Day	253 23	84.9 82.1	45 5	15.1 17.9	0.67
Medical Condition <3 Medical Condition >3 Medical Condition	147 135	84.5 85.4	27 23	15.5 14.6	0.81
Medication <3 Medication >3 Medication	128 152	83.1 86.4	26 24	16.9 13.6	0.41
Regular Doctor Yes No	106 280	81.5 87.4	24 25	18.5 12.6	0.14
Health Status Good Poor	144 139	88.9 81.3	18 32	11.1 18.7	0.05*
Pearson Chi-squared statistics (two-tailed) *P value O.05

Multivariate Analysis

In multivariate logistic regression analysis with HRT use as an outcome variable, and age, regular exercise, health status, calcium use, regular provider, Pap smear and sigmoidoscopy as independent variables, we found that only health status and regular exercise were significantly associated with HRT use. Minority women who exercise regularly were two times more likely to report current estrogen use (p=0.03). Minority women with a good health status were also two times more likely to use HRT than women with poor health status (p=0.02). Source your medication needs online. Order sildenafil home delivered

Table 3. Bivariate Analyses of Health Practices Associated with HRT

	Others		Current Users		P Value
Variables	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Regular exercise Yes No	153 127	81.8 90.1	34 14	18.2 9.9	0.03*
Self Breast Exam Yes No	81 195	84.4 85.9	15 32	15.6 14.1	0.72
Mammogram Yes (<2 years) No (>2 years	222 59	84.4 86.8	9 41	15.6 13.2	0.63
Pap Smear Yes No	250 31	94.0 84.0	48 2	16.0 6.0	0.13
Aspirin Use Yes No	85 195	81.7 86.7	19 30	18.3 13.3	0.24
Calcium Yes No	86 197	81.9 86.8	19 30	18.1 13.2	0.24
Sfoo/ Occult Exam Yes No	117 147	87.3 83.5	17 29	12.7 16.5	0.35
Rectal Exam Yes No	125 158	82.2 87.3	27 23	17.8 12.7	0.19
S/gmo/doscopy Yes No	51 228	79.7 86.4	13 36	20.3 13.6	0.18
Pearson Chi-squared statistics (two-tailed) *P value O.05