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topics under category "Contraception
(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
issue in many cultures and religions, and although it is generally less
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| A prospective study of oral contraceptives and NIDDM among U.S. women. |
| Chasan-Taber L; Willett WC; Stampfer MJ; Hunter DJ; Colditz GA; Spiegelman |
| DIABETES CARE. 1997 Mar;20(3):330-5. |
| The aim of this study was to examine prospectively the association between modern oral contraceptives (OCs) with |
| low doses of estrogen and progestin and subsequent incidence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). |
| In a prospective cohort study, 98,590 US female nurses aged 25-42 years and free of diagnosed diabetes, coronary |
| heart disease, stroke, and cancer at baseline in 1989 were followed for 4 years. Endpoint was incidence of |
| confirmed NIDDM. OC use was reported on mailed questionnaires. During 352,067 person-years follow-up, the |
| authors confirmed 185 incident cases of NIDDM. After adjusting for age, BMI, cigarette smoking, family history of |
| diabetes, parity, physical activity, alcohol intake, ethnicity, history of diagnosis of infertility, elevated cholesterol, and |
| hypertension, women currently using OCs had a relative risk (RR) of 1.6 (95% CI, 0.9-3.1). For past users, the |
| multivariate RR was 1.2 (95% CI, 0.8-1.8). This association was attenuated after restricting the analysis to |
| symptomatic cases of NIDDM. For current users, RR = 1.3 (95% CI, 0.6-2.8), and for past users, RR = 0.9 (95% CI, |
| 0.6-1.4), suggesting that increased surveillance may explain at least part of any excess risk. In this large prospective |
| study, the authors found no appreciable increase in the 4-year risk of NIDDM among current users of OCs. There |
| was no apparent increase in risk among past users. The small number of cases reflect the low absolute risk of |
| NIDDM in this population of young women. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 1013-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "A prospective study of oral contraceptives and NIDDM |
| among U.S. women.", is(are) Chasan-Taber L; Willett WC; Stampfer MJ; Hunter DJ; Colditz GA; Spiegelman D; |
| Manson JE. The source of this article is "DIABETES CARE. 1997 Mar;20(3):330-5.". This article was published in |
| 1997 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 1013-06. All rights reserved with |
| PubHealth.info) PIN: 6013 |
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