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Metabolic effects of combined oral contraceptive preparations
B M Singh1, S A Nutter, M Nattrass
1Diabetic Clinic, General Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Contraception
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
Fasting intermediary metabolite concentrations were measured in comparable groups of women either in the follicular or luteal phase of the menstrual cycle or taking low-dose estrogen combined oral contraceptive preparations. Blood total ketone bodies concentrations were significantly elevated in oral contraceptive users (p less than 0.05 v follicular and luteal groups) whilst blood alanine levels were lower (p less than 0.01 v follicular).
Keywords:
BiologyComparative StudiesContraceptionContraceptive AgentsContraceptive Agents, EstrogenContraceptive Agents, FemaleContraceptive Agents, ProgestinContraceptive Methods--side effectsDiseasesEndocrine SystemEthinyl EstradiolFamily PlanningHormonesLevonorgestrelMenstrual CycleMenstruationMetabolic EffectsNorethindroneOral Contraceptives, Combined--side effectsOral Contraceptives--side effectsPhysiologyReproductionReproductive Control AgentsResearch MethodologyStudies