The difference between the 2 groups was barely significant, to start with(check p in the original article). More, there was a rebound upon HRT discontinuation, even higher than the baseline for women on no treatment. Even assuming this is a benefit theoretically redounding on the cardiovascular system, how about previous studies proving negative effect on that same system?!
On another front, comparisons made on women in early perimenopause are no reliable indicator as to outcome at full postmenopause establishment-when hormonal and physiological adaptation to estrogen depletion, often takeing more than a decade, has occurred.
Maria Jasmine Freeman