Hormone Therapy is Associated with Better Cognitive Performance in Postmenopausal Women: Insights from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
Hormone therapy associates with better cognitive function in postmenopausal women, adding evidence of potential neuroprotective effects warranting prospective study.
Hormone therapy is associated with better cognitive performance in postmenopausal women in this NHANES cross-sectional analysis, adding to the evidence for neuroprotective effects. Cross-sectional design limits causal inference; prospective data are needed.
What the study was
- Study design
- Cross-sectional analysis (NHANES)
- Population
- Postmenopausal women from NHANES
- Category
- Prevention
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- Annals of geriatric medicine and research
Why it surfaced
NHANES cross-sectional; hormone therapy-cognition association; design limits causal inference.
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