Journal of women's health
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Journal of women's health · Jan 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialWeight and body composition changes during oral contraceptive use in obese and normal weight women.
Oral contraceptive (OC) use seems to have little effect on weight change in normal weight women. Most previous studies have excluded obese women, so the effect of OC use on weight change in obese women is unknown. ⋯ These findings add to evidence that EE/LNG OCs are not associated with short term weight or body composition change for normal weight women and suggest that OCs are also are not associated with short term weight or body composition change in obese women.
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Journal of women's health · Jan 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialEvaluation of the efficacy and safety of bazedoxifene/conjugated estrogens for secondary outcomes including vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women by years since menopause in the Selective estrogens, Menopause and Response to Therapy (SMART) trials.
Bazedoxifene/conjugated estrogens (BZA/CE), a novel tissue-selective estrogen complex (TSEC), has been evaluated in the Selective estrogens, Menopause And Response to Therapy (SMART) trials. Secondary outcomes from these trials were evaluated to determine whether the effects of BZA/CE are influenced by years since menopause (YSM). ⋯ The positive effects of BZA/CE on secondary outcomes were consistent among women <5 or ≥5 YSM.