Women who develop thick waists and high cholesterol at menopause may be at higher risk of heart disease because they also have more damage to their arteries, US researchers reported. They believe their findings may help explain why older women who took Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) had higher rates of heart attacks and strokes. They also may offer the possibility that younger women can safely take HRT if they want to. Menopausal women who had more abdominal fat and higher cholesterol, already linked with heart disease, also appeared to be experiencing more oxidative stress, Kerrie Moreau of the University of Colorado reported. Both circumstances are known to be linked with heart disease but this is the first time the two have been specifically linked to one another, Moreau said.
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