[Study of oral contraceptives action on blood folate levels (author's transl)]

Abstract

In 95 women taking reduced-level-oral contraceptives and in 24 same-aged women controls, the measure of erythrocyte and serum folate led to the following conclusions: 1) Folate levels in women consuming the pill were generally found to be of the same range as those of controls. 2) No significant difference could be shown between results for different kinds of contraceptives.

PIP: Serum folate and red blood cell tests conducted on 25 women taking low doses of oral contraceptives (OCs) and 24 women controls in the same age group resulted in: 1) folate levels in OC users were generally in the same range as those of controls, and 2) the differences in results o btained with different types of contraceptives were insignificant.