Estrogen and Progestin Compared with Simvastatin for Hypercholesterolemia in Postmenopausal Women

Abstract

Postmenopausal estrogen therapy has favorable effects on serum lipoproteins in women with normal serum lipid levels, but the effect of combined estrogen and progestin therapy on lipoproteins in women with hypercholesterolemia has not been determined, nor has it been directly compared with the effect of conventional lipid-lowering therapy.