title: Effect of combined oral contraceptive use on platelet volume in women at reproductive age.
abstract: METHODS
  Combined oral contraceptives use is associated with an increased risk of developing venous and arterial thromboembolic events. Platelet size, measured as mean platelet volume (MPV), is associated with platelet reactivity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-five women using oral contraceptives for contraception were investigated retrospectively. The patients' blood pressure, pulse and hematological values at application and at the sixth month were evaluated retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no difference between the values of blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), pulse, hematological values (which contain leukocytes, platelets and mean platelet volume) at application and at the sixth month.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We determined that using oral contraceptives for contraception did not change MPV values in young women.
authors.affiliation: Duzce Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Duzce University, Konuralp, Duzce, Turkey. drserkanbulur@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bulur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bulur
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aslantaş
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Türker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D010976:Platelet Count; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined