Comparison of metabolic and inflammatory outcomes in women who used oral contraceptives and the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device in a general population

We compared the metabolic and cardiovascular parameters of a reference group of women with those of women who used 2 contraceptive regimes that are used worldwide: the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device and oral contraceptives. We investigated a cohort of 2814 women at age 31 years from th...

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Published in:	American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 199; no. 5; pp. 529.e1 - 529.e10
Main Authors:	Morin-Papunen, Laure, Martikainen, Hannu, McCarthy, Mark I., Franks, Stephen, Sovio, Ulla, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Ruokonen, Aimo, Leinonen, Maija, Laitinen, Jaana, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Pouta, Anneli
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.11.2008 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Blood Pressure - drug effects C-reactive protein (CRP) C-Reactive Protein - analysis Cardiovascular Diseases - chemically induced Cholesterol - blood Contraceptive Agents, Female - administration & dosage Contraceptives, Oral - pharmacology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - chemically induced Female Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Homeostasis - drug effects Humans Inflammation inflammatory parameter Insulin - blood Insulin Resistance Intrauterine Devices, Medicated Leukocyte Count Levonorgestrel - administration & dosage levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device Lipids - analysis Lipoproteins, HDL - blood Medical sciences Metabolic Diseases - chemically induced metabolic outcome Obstetrics and Gynecology oral contraceptive Progestins - administration & dosage Waist-Hip Ratio C-reactive protein (CRP) levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device insulin resistance inflammatory parameter metabolic outcome oral contraceptive Human Prognosis Gynecology Levonorgestrel Oral administration Contraception Metabolism Obstetrics Progestagen Female Contraceptive Woman Comparative study
ISSN:	0002-9378, 1097-6868, 1097-6868
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