title: Plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and blood pressure in female adolescents using oral contraceptives.
abstract: Comparative profiles are reported for plasma lipids and lipoproteins, blood pressure, smoking, and selected socioeconomic variables for females less than 20 years of age using oral contraceptives and for pair-matched non-users from the Lipid Research Clinics Prevalence Study. About 5% of adolescent females reported OC use; they had significantly higher levels of plasma total cholesterol, triglyceride, and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol than did the non-users. Significantly more non-users of OC belonged to households of the lowest occupational status; no differences in OC usage by educational status of the head of household were discernible. Of the OC users, 58% were classified as current smokers, as compared with 23% of the non-OC users.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins