Effect of castration and long-term oral oestrogen therapy with oestriol succinate on serum lipids
Punnonen, R.; Rauramo, L.
Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae 65(3): 216-219
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0355-9521 PMID: 962291 Document Number: 98379
The effects of castration and continuous estriol succinate [ES] therapy (2 mg/day) of 3 yr duration on serum cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids were investigated on 50 women with a mean age of 48 yr. The effects of castration only were also investigated in 10 women with a similar mean age. After castration (1 mo.) the serum cholesterol, triglyceride and phospholipid levels were significantly raised (P < 0.05). During ES therapy the cholesterol level decreased. In the control group without hormone therapy, the cholesterol level showed a tendency to rise during the 3 yr. The serum triglyceride and phospholipid levels remained almost unchanged during the ES therapy and differed not from corresponding values of the control group.