Subclinical cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women with low/medium cardiovascular risk by the Framingham risk score

A high prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis was detected in this sample of postmenopausal women with low/medium CV risk by the FRS. The association between IMT-CC and age or endogenous estrogen levels was dependent of blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol in these postmenopausal women from Southern Brazil.