Effects of low dose oral contraceptives on serum total cholesterol, TAG, HDL-C & LDL-C levels in contraceptive users.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-1109
ABSTRACT
This study was done to appraise the effects of low-dose oral contraceptives (OC(s)) containing synthetic estrogen ethinyl estradiol and synthetic progestin levonorgestrel on serum total cholesterol, TAG, HDL-C and LDL-C levels. Ninety young women within reproductive age group were picked for this study. Sixty women using low-dose oral contraceptives served as experimental group and thirty age matched hormonal contraceptive non-users were selected for control group. Experimental group was again subdivided into OCP users for last one-year group, three-year groups and five-year group. The results showed that there were no significant differences on most of the study parameters between users and non-users women. But there was a significant accession of serum triacylglycerol only in OCP user groups. The results hint that low-dose oral contraceptives regimens partly impaired the lipid metabolism. So, the safeness of low-dose OCP used in National Population Control Program is further inspired. The value of studied parameters for serial longer continuation of OCP uses need to be renegotiated.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Triglycerides
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Female
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Humans
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Case-Control Studies
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Cholesterol
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Prospective Studies
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Levonorgestrel
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Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
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Adult
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Ethinyl Estradiol
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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