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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Oral contraceptives, tubal sterilization, and functional ovarian cyst risk.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 2003 August
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether current contraceptive method affects functional ovarian cyst risk, with emphasis on oral contraceptives (OCs) and tubal sterilization.
METHODS: We conducted a case-control study of 18-39-year-old health maintenance organization enrollees with a functional ovarian cyst diagnosed between January 1, and June 30, 1994, and age-matched female controls randomly selected from enrollment files. In-person interviews as well as medical and pharmacy records were obtained for 78% of cases and 82% of controls; these analyses were based on 392 cases and 623 controls. Odds ratios (ORs) calculated with unconditional logistic regression were used to estimate the risk of a functional ovarian cyst diagnosis associated with current contraceptive method.
RESULTS: In multivariable analyses adjusting for age, education, number of live births, and reference year, the overall OR was 0.72 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.53, 0.99) for current OC use, compared with use of nonsurgical nonhormonal contraception or no contraception. The risk associated with use of 35 microg ethinyl estradiol monophasic OCs (OR 0.69; 95% CI 0.44, 1.10) was slightly lower than that associated with less than 35 microg ethinyl estradiol monophasic (OR 0.79; 95% CI 0.43, 1.47) or multiphasic OCs (OR 0.76; 95% CI 0.49, 1.19). Women with tubal sterilization had a substantially increased risk of a functional ovarian cyst diagnosis (OR 1.70; 95% CI 1.05, 2.75) compared with women using nonhormonal or no contraception.
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that low-dose OC use has little or no effect on functional ovarian cyst likelihood. The increased risks we found associated with tubal sterilization merit further investigation.
METHODS: We conducted a case-control study of 18-39-year-old health maintenance organization enrollees with a functional ovarian cyst diagnosed between January 1, and June 30, 1994, and age-matched female controls randomly selected from enrollment files. In-person interviews as well as medical and pharmacy records were obtained for 78% of cases and 82% of controls; these analyses were based on 392 cases and 623 controls. Odds ratios (ORs) calculated with unconditional logistic regression were used to estimate the risk of a functional ovarian cyst diagnosis associated with current contraceptive method.
RESULTS: In multivariable analyses adjusting for age, education, number of live births, and reference year, the overall OR was 0.72 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.53, 0.99) for current OC use, compared with use of nonsurgical nonhormonal contraception or no contraception. The risk associated with use of 35 microg ethinyl estradiol monophasic OCs (OR 0.69; 95% CI 0.44, 1.10) was slightly lower than that associated with less than 35 microg ethinyl estradiol monophasic (OR 0.79; 95% CI 0.43, 1.47) or multiphasic OCs (OR 0.76; 95% CI 0.49, 1.19). Women with tubal sterilization had a substantially increased risk of a functional ovarian cyst diagnosis (OR 1.70; 95% CI 1.05, 2.75) compared with women using nonhormonal or no contraception.
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that low-dose OC use has little or no effect on functional ovarian cyst likelihood. The increased risks we found associated with tubal sterilization merit further investigation.
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