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Oral contraceptives and mortality from circulatory system diseases: An epidemiologic study in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Chow L.P.,
Lin C.C.,
KeyvanLarijani E.,
Chang K.K.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(83)90020-6
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , relative risk , demography , gynecology , environmental health , confidence interval , sociology
Abstract An epidemiological study on the association between oral contraceptive (OC) use and circulatory system disease (CSD) mortality undertaken in Taiwan by proxy interview of closest family members of 306 deceased cases, 305 deceased controls, and 611 healty neighborhood controls indicated that the relative risk between the cases and health controls was 0.98 (0.62–1.54) and that between cases and health controls was 0.82 (0.56–1.21). Use of OC by Taiwanese women has not produced any overwhelming adverse effects on CSD mortality.