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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The effect of oral contraceptives on Vitamin-B6 status.

AUTHORS

Salkeld RM; Knorr K; Korner WF

SOURCE

Clinica Chimica Acta 49(2): 195-199. 1973.

ABSTRACT

The Vitamin-B6 status of 309 women was investigated at the University of Ulm in Ulm, Germany, with the use of the

pyrodoxine-dependent erythrocyte glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase (EGOT)-activation test. 214 and 19 patients

were taking combined and sequential oral contraceptive preparations, respectively. 76 women were controls. 18.4%

of the controls but 48.1% of the oral contraceptors had a deficient or marginal Vitamin-B6 status. Among the oral

contraceptors, neither dose of estrogen, type of estrogen component, nor duration of intake seemed to have

importance in the determination of Vitamin-B6 status. When it occurred, Vitamin-B6 deficiency tended to be more

severe in the sequential-preparation group than in the combined-preparation group, although the low number taking

sequentials prevented the attainment of statistical significance. The data suggest pyrodoxine supplements should

be routinely administered to oral contraceptors. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 583-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The effect of oral contraceptives on Vitamin-B6 status.",

is(are) Salkeld RM; Knorr K; Korner WF. The source of this article is "Clinica Chimica Acta 49(2): 195-199. 1973.".

This article was published in 1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 583-06. All

rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35583

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