ArticleBMC women's health2013
Associations between oral contraceptive use and risks of hypertension and prehypertension in a cross-sectional study of Korean women.
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- Oral Contraceptive Pills and Hypertension: A Review of Current Evidence and Recommendations.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2023Review
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- Association between past oral contraceptive use and the prevalence of hypertension in postmenopausal women: the fifth (2010-2012) Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES V).BMC public health · 2022Article
- Oral contraceptives and hypertension in women: results of the enrolment phase of Tabari Cohort Study.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- Arterial Stiffness and Hemodynamics in Young Women: The Effects of Oral Contraceptive Intake and Physical Habits.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Broad Metabolome Alterations Associated with the Intake of Oral Contraceptives Are Mediated by Cortisol in Premenopausal Women.Metabolites · 2021Article
- Effect of sex, menstrual cycle phase, and monophasic oral contraceptive pill use on local and central arterial stiffness in young adults.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2018Article
- Factors associated with the contraindicated use of oral contraceptives in Brazil.Revista de saude publica · 2017Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Prehypertension by Gender and Age in a Korean Population in the KNHANES 2010-2012.Iranian journal of public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe effect of commonly used oral contraceptives (OCs) on blood pressure is still unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between OCs use and blood pressure and the prevalence of hypertension in a population-based sample of Korean women.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted using data from 3356 participants aged 35-55 years collected in the 2007-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. OC use and demographic characteristics were obtained from participants using a questionnaire, and blood pressure was measured with a mercury sphygmomanometer.
resultsLonger duration of OC use was positively associated with increasing levels of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure (p for trend <0.001). After adjusting for covariates, the odds ratio (OR) of hypertension was significantly increased in longer-term (>24 months) OC users (OR 1.96; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03-3.73) compared with those who had never used OCs. Additionally, use of OCs >24 months was associated with increased odds of prehypertension (adjusted OR 2.23; 95% CI 1.28-3.90) and hypertension or prehypertension (adjusted OR 2.13; 95% CI 1.37-3.32).
conclusionThis study found a statistically significant association between OC use and blood pressure or hypertension among Korean women.
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