title: Effects of low dose oral contraceptives on serum total cholesterol, TAG, HDL-C & LDL-C levels in contraceptive users.
abstract: This study was done to appraise the effects of low-dose oral contraceptives (OC(s)) containing synthetic estrogen ethinyl estradiol and synthetic progestin levonorgestrel on serum total cholesterol, TAG, HDL-C and LDL-C levels. Ninety young women within reproductive age group were picked for this study. Sixty women using low-dose oral contraceptives served as experimental group and thirty age matched hormonal contraceptive non-users were selected for control group. Experimental group was again subdivided into OCP users for last one-year group, three-year groups and five-year group. The results showed that there were no significant differences on most of the study parameters between users and non-users women. But there was a significant accession of serum triacylglycerol only in OCP user groups. The results hint that low-dose oral contraceptives regimens partly impaired the lipid metabolism. So, the safeness of low-dose OCP used in National Population Control Program is further inspired. The value of studied parameters for serial longer continuation of OCP uses need to be renegotiated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh. nessa_akhtarun@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nessa
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Latif
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uddin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016912:Levonorgestrel / Q000494:pharmacology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal; D014280:Triglycerides; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol; D016912:Levonorgestrel; D002784:Cholesterol