gestodene
- noun
- Specialized
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gestodeno
- Most cases and controls using desogestrel or gestodene were from the Oxford region, and risk estimates were computed separately for this center.
- gestodene and desogestrel
- gestodene with levonorgestrel
- gestodene users
Examples
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Research has shown that pills with gestodene can have fewer side effects than those with older hormones.
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In the non-Oxford centres, risk estimates for desogestrel and gestodene users compared with non-users were higher than they were in the Oxford region.
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In Hungary and Jamaica, no community control or matched case used desogestrel or gestodene.
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Thus, these community controls contributed little information on risks associated with desogestrel or gestodene, and they were not included in further analyses.
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Among the 80 cases, 23 were current users of levonorgestrel, 30 of desogestrel, and 22 of gestodene; 5 cases occurred in past users.
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Too few women were using contraceptives containing gestodene or norgestimate to permit meaningful conclusions.
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After adjustment for BMI and smoking, the risk estimate for gestodene was similar to that for levonorgestrel users, though the risk for desogestrel remained high.
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In the Oxford region, adjustment for BMI decreased the risks for both desogestrel and gestodene, with little change in risk for levonorgestrel users.
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There were also differences in risk for desogestrel (adjusted RR=1.9) and gestodene (1.8) compared with levonorgestrel.
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After adjustment for BMI and a history of varicose veins, the risk estimates for desogestrel and gestodene were similar.
Academic text (1995)
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gestodene shares a root with gestation, which comes from a Latin idea meaning 'pregnancy' or 'to carry'. A helpful way to remember it is that gestodene is a man-made hormone that acts like the natural pregnancy hormone, so it is used in some birth control pills.
