Effect of oral contraceptives on weight and body composition in young female runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1205-1212

  Procter Gray, Elizabeth ^a,h   Cobb, Kristin L ^b   Crawford, Sybil L ^a   Bachrach, Laura K ^b   Chirra, Annapoorna ^c   Sowers, Maryfran ^d   Greendale, Gail A ^c   Nieves, Jeri W ^e,f   Kent, Kyla ^g   Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Health Care Systems ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Body fat; Lean mass; Long distance runners; Oligomenorrhea; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 66149136438     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31816a0df6     Document Type: Article

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