PIACENTI , Ilaria

Aim: To observe the influence on metabolism and body composition of two oral contraceptives containing non-androgenic progestins in association with estradiol or ethinyl estradiol (EE). Study design: Women on hormonal contraception with estradiol valerate (E2V)/dienogest (DNG) in a quadriphasic regimen (n 1⁄4 16) or 30 mg EE/2 mg chlormadinone...

Oral contraceptives (OCs) containing androgenic second and third generation progestins decrease insulin sensitivity (SI). In this study we investigated whether an oral contraceptive containing the anti-androgenic progestin drospirenone (DRSP) still alters SI. Lipid modifications were investigated as well.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether folate exerts antioxidant effects in postmenopausal women and whether this effect is related to folate-induced modification of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP).

Objectives: To investigate type of contraception, if any, used by women with induced abortion. Methods: Retrospective analysis on the medical records of 1782 women with induced abortion performed at the University Hospital of Modena (Italy) between 2009 and 2011. Results: Some kind of contraception was used by 81.1% of women with induced...