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An Assessment of the NIH Women's Health Initiative (1993)

Chapter: Appendix L: Abbreviations and Acronyms

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix L: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 1993. An Assessment of the NIH Women's Health Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2271.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms

CaD

Calcium and vitamin D supplementation

CCC

Clinical Coordinating Center

CHD

Coronary heart disease

CPS

Community Prevention Study

CT

Clinical Trial

CVD

Cardiovascular disease

DM

Dietary modification

DSMB

Data Safety and Monitoring Board

ERT

Estrogen replacement therapy

HDL-C

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol

HRT

Hormone replacement therapy

IOM

Institute of Medicine

LDL-C

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NCI

National Cancer Institute

NIH

National Institutes of Health

OPR

Objective Prescheduled Reassessment

OS

Observational Study

PEPI

Postmenopausal Estrogen Progestin Interventions Trial

PERT

Progestin-plus-estrogen replacement therapy

PI

Principal investigator

SES

Socioeconomic status

WHI

Women's Health Initiative

Suggested Citation:"Appendix L: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 1993. An Assessment of the NIH Women's Health Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2271.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix L: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 1993. An Assessment of the NIH Women's Health Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2271.
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The National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is the largest research study ever funded by NIH ($625 million over 14 years) and is designed to test strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and osteoporotic fractures—leading causes of death, disability, and decreased quality of life for older women. Although the WHI has already begun, serious questions remain about its design, cost, and the likelihood that it can answer the questions it asks. This book evaluates whether the effort can be justified scientifically.

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