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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2014 Jun 27;90(5):550–556. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.06.033

Table 1.

Baseline demographics and pharmacokinetic parameters (mean ± standard deviation) of LNG and EE prior to randomization to study arms.

CC group ID group
Age 30 (SD 4) 27 (SD 4)
Race
  Non-Hispanic, Caucasian
  Other

14
3

15
0
Ever pregnant? (yes)** 12 3
BMI 38.0 kg/m2 (SD 5.1) 41.1 kg/m2 (SD 7.6)
% body fat 45.5 (SD 3.5) 47.3 (SD 4.1)
PK Parameters LNG EE LNG EE
Tmax (hr) 1.86 ± 0.85 1.91 ± 1.10 2.28 ± 1.39 1.61 ± 1.10
Cmax (ng/mL) 3.82 ± 1.28 0.12 ± 0.04 3.13 ± 0.87 0.10 ± 0.03
AUC(0-∞) (hr*ng/mL) 267 ± 115 10.4 ± 4.33 199 ± 75.0 10.6 ± 4.49
T1/2 (hr) 70.7 ± 50.4 158 ± 81.1 59.4 ± 26.6 185 ± 99.6
Vd/F (L) 43.5 ± 29.2 454 ± 186 46.7 ± 23.4 482 ± 121
CL/F (L/hr) 0.47 ± 0.28 2.29 ± 0.99 0.57 ± 0.19 2.17 ± 0.85
**

denotes p value < 0.05