ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020
Inflammation and Oral Contraceptive Use in Female Athletes Before the Rio Olympic Games.
Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effect of oral contraceptive use on cardiorespiratory and immune function in premenopausal women involved in exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of Hormonal Contraceptives on Circulating Biomarkers of Inflammation, Chemotaxis, Angiogenesis, and Vascular Stress.APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica · 2026Observational
- Anti-Müllerian hormone decreased in women with superficial peritoneal endometriosis and associated with an elevated inflammatory profile.Reproduction & fertility · 2026Article
- Can reporting mood swings during oral contraceptive use predict peripartum depression? Results from the Swedish longitudinal cohort study Mom2B.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Article
- Hormone Profiles After Planned Low Energy Availability Exposure in Naturally Menstruating and Hormonal Contraceptive Using Physique Athletes.European journal of sport science · 2025Observational
- Hormonal contraceptives in adolescence impact the neuroimmune environment of the medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in female rats.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2025Article
- Physical activity and diet pattern do not mitigate C-reactive protein increases associated with oral contraceptive use.PloS one · 2025Article
- Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Affective Disorders: An Updated Review.Open access journal of contraception · 2025Review
- Sex Differences in Stress Susceptibility as a Key Mechanism Underlying Depression Risk.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Waking Up to the Issue! Research Inattention and Sex-Related Differences Warrant More Sleep Studies in Female Athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Comparison of the cytokine responses to acute strength exercise between oral contraceptive users and naturally cycling women.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Hormonal contraceptive use is associated with differences in women's inflammatory and psychological reactivity to an acute social stressor.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2024Article
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- Impact of Photobiomodulation and Melatonin on Periodontal Healing of Periodontitis in Immunosuppressed Rats.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2024Article
- Female Athletes and the Menstrual Cycle in Team Sports: Current State of Play and Considerations for Future Research.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- International society of sports nutrition position stand: nutritional concerns of the female athlete.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2023Review
- Does chronic oral contraceptive use detrimentally affect C-reactive protein or iron status for endurance-trained women?Physiological reports · 2023Article
- Use of Systemic Steroids, Hormone Replacement Therapy, or Oral Contraceptives Is Associated with Decreased Implant Survival in Women.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Response to Mechanical Properties and Physiological Challenges of Fascia: Diagnosis and Rehabilitative Therapeutic Intervention for Myofascial System Disorders.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Understanding the female athlete: molecular mechanisms underpinning menstrual phase differences in exercise metabolism.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
This study investigated the association between synthetic ovarian hormone use [i.e., the oral contraceptive (OC) pill] and basal C-reactive protein (CRP), peripheral blood immune cell subsets, and circulating pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine concentrations in elite female athletes. Elite female athletes (
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