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Hormone replacement therapy prescribing in menopausal women in the UK: a descriptive study

Dana Alsugeir, Li Wei, Matthew Adesuyan, Sarah Cook, Nicholas Panay and Ruth Brauer
BJGP Open 2022; 6 (4): BJGPO.2022.0126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0126
Dana Alsugeir
1 Department of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK
2 Pharmacy Practice Department, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Li Wei
1 Department of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK
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1 Department of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK
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3 Department of non-communicable disease epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
4 National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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1 Department of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK
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    Figure 1. Annual incidence rate of prescribing of HRT medicines. HRT = hormone replacement therapy. PYAR = person-year-at-risk. Rx = prescription.
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    Figure 2. Annual incidence rate of prescribing of HRT medicines by type of HRT. HRT = hormone replacement therapy. OP = oestrogen—progesterone. PYAR = person-year-at-risk. Rx = prescription.
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    Figure 3. Annual incidence rate of prescribing of HRT medicines by route of administration. HRT = hormone replacement therapy. PYAR = person-year-at-risk. Rx = prescription.
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    Figure 4. Annual incidence rate of prescribing of HRT medicines by age group. HRT = hormone replacement therapy. PYAR = person-year-at-risk. Rx = prescription.
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    Figure 5. Annual prevalence of prescribing of HRT. HRT = hormone replacement therapy. Rx = prescriptions.

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    Table 1. Demographics of study cohort
    Age groupsaWomen with menopausalrecording (n = 419 755)Women aged ≥50 years and/or with menopausal recording (n = 1 908 177)
    Women n (%)Women n (%)
    <30401 (0.10)401 (0.02)
    30–392 078 (0.50)2 078 (0.11)
    40–4926 013 (6.20)26 013 (1.36)
    50–59127 172 (30.3)583 679 (30.59)
    60–69141 103 (33.62)481 214 (25.22)
    70–7993 824 (22.35)381 102 (19.97)
    ≥8029 164 (6.95)433 690 (22.73)
    HRT prescription status
    HRT Rx328 528 (78.20)603 013 (31.60)
    No HRT Rx91 227 (21.73)1 305 164 (68.40)
    • aAge of women at latest date of data collection. HRT = hormone replacement therapy. Rx = prescription

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Dana Alsugeir, Li Wei, Matthew Adesuyan, Sarah Cook, Nicholas Panay, Ruth Brauer
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  • menopause
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  • perimenopausal
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