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Gestational diabetes linked to oral contraceptives with a high androgenic progestin

Posted on May 31, 2007

Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, ResearchResults from a recent study reveal oral contraceptives are not all alike.Researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California recently released evidence linking oral contraceptives containing a highly androgenic progestin to a 43% increased risk of gestational diabetes, when used for five years leading up to pregnancy. Interestingly, oral contraceptives with a low androgenic progestin were associated with a 16% decreased risk of gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes develops in about 4% of pregnant women who have neve...

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