Variation of ethinylestradiol blood levels among healthy women using oral contraceptives.
Data concerning ethinylestradiol (EE) blood levels among 93 healthy women using oral contraceptives are presented. Seventy-two per cent of the observed variation in EE blood levels was unexplainable on the basis of time since ingestion of the last oral contraceptive, day of menstrual cycle, race, age, weight, height, blood pressure, cigarette consumption, alcohol consumption, diurnal variation, or lifetime use of oral contraceptives.
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008656:Mestranol / Q000378:metabolism; D012907:Smoking
D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol; D008656:Mestranol