TY - JOUR T1 - Response to ‘A seemingly ineffective study on menopausal memory problems’ JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 868 LP - 869 VL - 54 IS - 508 AU - Pauline Slade AU - Gary Butler AU - Nicola Ford Y1 - 2004/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/54/508/868.2.abstract N2 - Your correspondents1 raise some interesting issues and ask for more clarity about the sample. In terms of the population, the practice involved in the study has a list of 9000 patients with the age distribution the same as the national average and a full mix of socioeconomic groups with emphasis on 3 and 4. The selection of women was by random number generation, with a specific number being randomly selected from from each age band. … ER -