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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2012 Nov 12;87(2):220–226. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2012.10.008

Table 2.

Pharmacokinetic parameters (mean ± standard deviation) of LNG and EE in obese women

LNG EE
Tmax (h) 2.1 ± 1.2 1.8 ± 1.1
Cmax (ng/mL) 3.47 ± 1.13 0.108 ± 0.034
AUC(0–∞) (h*ng/mL) 232 ± 102 10.5 ± 4.3
t1/2 (h) 65 ± 40 171 ± 90
Vd/F (L) 45 ± 26 467 ± 156
CL/F (L/h) 0.52 ± 0.24 2.23 ± 0.91