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Numerous studies have shown that oral contraceptives (OCs) affect carbohydrate (CHO) metabolism and may, partly in that way, predispose to atherogenesis and vascular disease. Whereas the oestrogen component of OCs seems to produce few adverse effects on CHO metabolism, 19-norprogestogens have been shown to affect glucose tolerance adversely1. One of the possible mechanisms of 19-norpro-gestogen action could be related to a reduction in the number and/ or affinity of membrane insulin receptors2.
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Gaspard, U.J., Romus, M.A., Luyckx, A.S. (1984). Carbohydrate metabolism alterations with monophasic, sequential and triphasic oral contraceptives containing ethinyloestradiol plus levonorgestrel or desogestrel. In: Rolland, R., Harrison, R.F., Bonnar, J., Thompson, W. (eds) Advances in Fertility Control and the Treatment of Sterility. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5930-2_11
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