TROMSO_RH_EVER_HRT

Name: RH_EVER_HRT

Short description: Ever had a Hormone Replacement Therapy 

Type: Integer

Description and values: Has the woman ever had a Hormone Replacement Therapy?

• 0=No
• 1=Yes
• 9=Missing/insufficient data. 

Local variable explanation:

*ESTROGEN_TABLETS_T4 : *Do you now use or have you ever used estrogen (tablets or patches)?

*ESTROGEN_CREAM_T4 : *Do you now use or have you ever used estrogen (cream or suppositories)?

SAS code: 

If ESTROGEN_TABLETS_T4 IN (1 2) or ESTROGEN_CREAM_T4 IN (1 2) then RH_EVER_HRT=1;

else if ESTROGEN_TABLETS_T4 EQ 3 or ESTROGEN_CREAM_T4 EQ 3 then RH_EVER_HRT=0;

else RH_EVER_HRT=9;      

NSWEDEN_RH_EVER_HRT

Please contact us for the exact description of this conversion.

HAPIEE_RH_EVER_HRT

STATA code

h35: ever used HRT? -> 1=yes, 2=no
h34: used hormonal contraception -> 1=no, 2=yes, but not now, 3=yes, still using
h36: currently using HRT? -> 1=yes, 2=no

gen rh_ever_hrt=h35
recode rh_ever_hrt (2=0)
replace rh_ever_hrt=. if h34==3 & h36==2 & h35==1
replace rh_ever_hrt=. if h34==3 & h36==1 & h35==1
label variable rh_ever_hrt "Ever HRT use"
label values rh_ever_hrt yn

ESTHER_RH_EVER_HRT

RH_EVER_HRT=HRT_life;
if RH_EVER_HRT=. then RH_EVER_HRT=9;
if sex=1 then RH_EVER_HRT = 9;

Source of HRT_life is variable F24HRMN from participant's questionnaire.

EPIC_RH_EVER_HRT

The EPIC variable EVER_HORM was used for the production of RH_EVER_HRT according to the following definition and rule.

EPIC var definition(s):
EVER_HORM: EPIC elderly variable showing hormone replacement therapy (1=yes, 0=no)

Coding rule:
Variable RH_EVER_HRT shows use of hormone replacement therapy and is identical to EVER_HORM.

Coding rule in STATA:
-gen RH_EVER_HRT = EVER_HORM

-replace RH_EVER_HRT = 9 if RH_EVER_HRT==.