Oral contraceptive use is associated with a systemic acute phase response

M Fröhlich, A Döring, A Imhof, WL Hutchinson… - Fibrinolysis and …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: We determined whether reported intake of oral contraceptives is associated with
an acute phase response, since inflammation is important in atherogenesis and may
contribute to the thrombo-occlusive complications seen in users of oral contraceptives.
Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: General Community of Augsburg. Subjects: Eight
hundred and forty-four women aged 25–44 years, drawn from a random sample of the
general population, participating in the MONICA Augsburg survey 1994/95. Two hundred …