Oral contraceptives and fatal pulmonary embolism.
In a national case-control study of fatal pulmonary embolism in New Zealand women of childbearing age, we estimated that current users of combined oral contraceptives had a relative risk of 9.6 (95% CI 3.1-29.1). From national distribution data, the absolute risk of death from pulmonary embolism in current users was estimated to be 10.5 per million woman-years.
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D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000401:mortality; D012306:Risk
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral