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YEAR: 2005

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The combined contraceptive vaginal ring and bone mineral density in healthy

pre-menopausal women. [Anillo anticonceptivo vaginal combinado y densidad

mineral ósea en mujeres premenopáusicas sanas.]

AUTHORS

Massai R; Mäkäräinen L; Kuukankorpi A; Klipping C; Duijkers I

SOURCE

Human Reproduction. 2005 Oct;20(10):2764-2768.

ABSTRACT

Hormonal contraceptives have been associated with various effects on the bone mineral density (BMD) of pre-

menopausal women. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a vaginal contraceptive ring on BMD in pre-

menopausal women and compare them with those of non-hormonal contraceptive use. This open-label, multicentre

study used dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry to measure BMD in the lumbar spine (L/2-L/4) and femoral neck regions.

Subjects were assigned 3:1 to receive a contraceptive ring (n = 105) or a non-hormonal contraceptive control (n = 39)

and were assessed after 13 and 26 cycles of contraceptive ring treatment or 12 and 24 months of control treatment.

No change from baseline in BMD (Z-scores) was seen in contraceptive ring users (n = 73) at either time-point. In the

control group (n = 30), BMD increased slightly from baseline resulting in significant differences (P < 0.0001) between

the two groups at cycle 26/month 24. These differences are not clinically relevant, although some degree of

acquisition of peak bone mass might have been prevented in the contraceptive ring group. The contraceptive ring

was generally well tolerated; a higher incidence of treatment-related adverse events was observed in the

contraceptive ring group compared with the non-hormonal contraceptive control group. In healthy pre-menopausal

women, 2 years of contraceptive ring use produced no changes in BMD. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 82-

06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The combined contraceptive vaginal ring and bone mineral

density in healthy pre-menopausal women. [Anillo anticonceptivo vaginal combinado y densidad mineral ósea en

mujeres premenopáusicas sanas.]", is(are) Massai R; Mäkäräinen L; Kuukankorpi A; Klipping C; Duijkers I. The

source of this article is "Human Reproduction. 2005 Oct;20(10):2764-2768.". This article was published in 2005 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 82-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 82

This article is peer-reviewed.

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