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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Fasting serum lipids and serum lipoprotein distribution during oral

contraceptive therapy in Nigerians.

AUTHORS

Kuku SB; Akinyanju PA

SOURCE

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the British Commonwealth 80(8): 750-

753. August 1973.

ABSTRACT

Since several studies have reported elevated fasting serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels in Caucasian women

using oral contraceptives, serum lipids and lipoproteins were measured in Nigerian women prescribed oral

contraceptives at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. 100 women, age 21-39, had been on oral contraceptive

therapy for 3-100 weeks; 39 had been taking Ovral (norgestrol, .5 mg and ethinyl estradiol, .05 mg) and 61 had been

taking Orthonovin (norethisterone, 1 mg and mestranol, .05 mg). 40 controls were of comparable age and weight but

had never used oral contraceptives. Venous blood samples were obtained after an overnight fast of at least 12

hours. Significant increases in mean level were observed in the oral contraceptors for serum cholesterol (p less than

.01), cholesterol esters (p less than .01), and triglycerides (p less than .001). No difference was seen between the

mean serum cholesterol levels of the 2 oral-contraceptive groups. No significant correlation was seen between the

level of serum triglyceride and the duration of therapy, age, or weight. 10 patients using oral contraceptives

developed massive hyperlipemia. In the contraceptors a tendency, exaggerated in the hyperlipemia cases, for the

lipoprotein distribution to involve increased percentages of beta- and prebeta-lipoproteins and a decreased

percentage of alpha-lipoproteins existed. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 86-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Fasting serum lipids and serum lipoprotein distribution

during oral contraceptive therapy in Nigerians.", is(are) Kuku SB; Akinyanju PA. The source of this article is

"Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the British Commonwealth 80(8): 750-753. August 1973.". This article was

published in 1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 86-06. All rights reserved with

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