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YEAR: 1970

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The influence of an oral contraceptive on glucose-, F.F.A.-, triglyceride-

and insulin levels after glucose loading.

AUTHORS

Terpstra P; Reitsma WD; Visser JW; Doorenbos H

SOURCE

Folia Medica Neerlandica 13(2): 44-50. 1970.

ABSTRACT

16 healthy nonobese women (18-39 years of age) were investigated to determine the effect of oral contraceptives

(OCs; Lyndiol 2.5, i.e., .75 mg mestranol + 2.5 mg lynestrenol) on glucose, free fatty acids (FFA), triglyceride, and

insulin levels after glucose loading. The glucose tolerance test (GTT) and cortisone GTT (CGTT) were performed

before treatment in the 3rd cycle of treatment (between Days 18-23 of the cycle). Fasting blood sugar levels are

higher during OC therapy (p less than .005). The blood sugar values during CGTT were abnormal in 8 of the 16.

Insulin levels in CGTT were raised and were highest among women with highest blood sugar values. FFA levels

were identical to GTT and CGTT. The intake of glucose was without effect on triglycerides in the 1st hour. However,

there was a 20% decline after 2 hours. Whether OCs are diabetogenic is unanswered by this study. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT8T 4065-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The influence of an oral contraceptive on glucose-, F.F.A.-,

triglyceride- and insulin levels after glucose loading.", is(are) Terpstra P; Reitsma WD; Visser JW; Doorenbos H.

The source of this article is "Folia Medica Neerlandica 13(2): 44-50. 1970.". This article was published in 1970 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 4065-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

39065

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