Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Women with a serum estradiol level \<30 pg/ml and cessation of regular menses \>6 months who are \<6 years postmenopausal and 45-59 years old.
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Women with a hysterectomy
- * Clinical signs, symptoms or personal history of cardiovascular disease
- * Diabetes mellitus or fasting serum glucose \>126 mg/dL
- * Life threatening illness with prognosis \<5 years
- * Cirrhosis or liver disease
- * History of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
- * History of breast cancer
- * Current use of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) within 1 month of randomization
- * Uncontrolled hypertension (\>180/\>110 mmHg)\*
- * Plasma triglyceride levels \>500 mg/dL
- * Serum creatinine \>2.0 mg/dL
Ages Eligible for Study:
45 Years to 59 Years (ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: FEMALE
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes