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. 2025 Apr 15;333(15):1358-1361.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.28778.

Contemporary Hormonal Contraception and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism

Harman Gailan Hassan Yonis  1   2 , Lina Steinrud Mørch  3 , Ellen Løkkegaard  4   5 , Kristian Kragholm  6 , Amalie Lykkemark Møller  3   7 , Christian Torp-Pedersen  2   7 , Amani Meaidi  2   3
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Contemporary Hormonal Contraception and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism

Harman Gailan Hassan Yonis et al. JAMA. .
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Plain language summary

This study assesses the risk of venous thromboembolism of different forms of hormonal contraception, including pills with estrogen and progestin, vaginal rings, patches, progestin-only pills, intrauterine devices, implants, and injections.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Yonis reported grants from TrygFonden and Laerdal outside the submitted work. Dr Løkkegaard reported personal fees from Pfizer, compensation to the hospital from Astellas for a 1-day meeting, and salary for PhD student from Radiometer for validating blood gas analyses during the conduct of the study. Dr Kragholm reported personal fees from Novo Nordisk (speaker’s honorarium) outside the submitted work. Dr Torp-Pedersen reported grants from Novo Nordisk for an epidemiological study and Bayer for a randomized study outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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