[Effects of low-dose oral contraceptives on sugar metabolism]. / Effetti dei contraccettivi orali a basse dosi sul metabolismo glucidico.
Minerva Ginecol
; 41(9): 441-4, 1989 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-2695866
ABSTRACT
The effects on carbohydrate metabolism by four low-dose oral contraceptives were evaluated in four low-dose oral contraceptives were evaluated-66 young women randomly divided in four groups. In the various preparations there were a different dosage of estrogen (ethinylestradiol) together different doses and types of progestogen (desogestrel, gestodene, cyproterone acetate). After six months of treatment, in all groups a slight increase of glycemic and insulinemic responses during OGTT was observed; the significance was achieved with the preparation containing cyproterone acetate alone. Glycated hemoglobin did not change. Our results suggest that these new low-dose oral contraceptives induced negligible metabolic side effects.
Key words
Biology; Carbohydrate Metabolic Effects--changes; Clinical Research; Comparative Studies; Contraception; Contraceptive Methods--side effects; Cyproterone Acetate--side effects; Endocrine System; Examinations And Diagnoses; Family Planning; Glucose Tolerance Test; Hormone Antagonists; Hormones; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Metabolic Effects; Oral Contraceptives, Low-dose--side effects; Oral Contraceptives--side effects; Physiology; Research Methodology; Studies
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
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Carbohydrate Metabolism
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
It
Year:
1989
Type:
Article