Publication: Effect of oral contraceptive agents on thiamine status
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1985-01-01
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01252208
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Mahidol University
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.68, No.1 (1985), 19-23
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S. Egoramaiphol, P. Migasena, V. Supawan Effect of oral contraceptive agents on thiamine status. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.68, No.1 (1985), 19-23. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/30872
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Effect of oral contraceptive agents on thiamine status
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This study aimed to determine the effect of oral contraceptives (OCs) on thiamine status in 112 women aged 19-37 years. Subjects were divided into 2 groups by socioeconomic level (low and upper) and matched on the basis of social class to non-OC using controls. The duration of OC use in both experimental groups exceeded 6 months. Determinations of urinary thiamine excretion/gm creatinine were made. None of the study participants had thiamine deficiency. However, 15.2% of subjects in the lower socioeconomic OC group compared to 10.5% of women in the lower socioeconomic non-OC users group and 5.9% of subjects in the upper socioeconomic OC group compared to none of those in the upper socioeconomic non-OC users group had thiamine excretion values considered low (33-96 mcg/g). These findings tend to support the observation that OCs influence vitamin metabolism.