Exogenous hormones and their effect on women’s health
Dnr:
sens2021564
Type:
SNIC SENS
Principal Investigator:
Åsa Johansson
Affiliation:
Uppsala universitet
Start Date:
2021-07-06
End Date:
2024-08-01
Primary Classification:
30199: Other Basic Medicine
Allocation
- Castor /proj at UPPMAX: 200 GiB
- Cygnus /proj at UPPMAX: 200 GiB
- Castor /proj/nobackup at UPPMAX: 100 GiB
- Cygnus /proj/nobackup at UPPMAX: 100 GiB
- Bianca at UPPMAX: 1 x 1000 core-h/month
Abstract
The overall aim is to investigate whether the use of exogenous hormones, either as contraception or as menopausal hormone therapy, may increase or decrease the risk of various health-related outcomes. The research question to investigate is: Whether contraceptive use and menopausal hormone therapy affect the risk of health-related outcomes, including cancer, inflammatory diseases, atopic diseases, osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases and mental health-disorders.