Journal
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
Volume 45, Issue 4, Pages 423-425Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.04.009
Keywords
Adolescents; Contraception; Body Composition
Funding
- United States Public Health Service [M1 RR 0008012]
- General Clinical Research Centers
- National Institutes of Health [R01HD39009]
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The objective of this study was to examine body composition changes in adolescent girls initiating depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), oral contraceptives, or no hormonal contraceptive method. At 6 months, DMPA resulted in significant increases in adiposity with concomitant decreases in lean body mass. Supplemental estrogen may lessen these DMPA effects. (C) 2009 Society for Adolescent Medicine. All rights reserved.
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