Hormone Replacement Therapy Is Associated with Disease Activity Improvement among Post-Menopausal Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Morgan Freeman, Lauren Lally, Levi Teigen, Elliot Graziano, Raina Shivashankar, Eugenia Shmidt

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Abstract

(1) Background: There are limited data available to guide clinical decision-making regarding the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in post-menopausal women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In this study, we sought to characterize a population of post-menopausal women with IBD and to determine the effects of HRT on their disease activity. (2) Methods: A multicenter, retrospective, case–control cohort study of post-menopausal women with IBD was conducted. The physician global assessment (PGA) score was used to quantify disease activity. To control for the effects of menopause, IBD patients who had not undergone HRT were used as controls. (3) Results: There was a significant reduction in the frequency of PGA scores ≥2 post HRT treatment (p < 0.01). HRT treatment was associated with a 5.6× increase in the odds of post-HRT PGA score improvement compared to controls (OR 5.6; 95% CL 1.6, 19.7) in our univariate logistic regression analysis. (4) Conclusion: Post-menopausal IBD women who underwent HRT therapy showed an improvement in their disease symptoms following HRT compared to post-menopausal women without HRT therapy, who showed no change.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number88
JournalJournal of Clinical Medicine
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2024

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Keywords

  • hormone replacement therapy
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • menopause

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