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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2016 Aug 16;95(1):10–16. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2016.08.003

Table 1.

Comparison of EE and LNG PK in normal and obese women [geometric mean (±SD)]

EE Normal Obese LNG Normal Obese
AUC (pg·h/mL) 1414 (1043/1917) 1077 (750/1548) AUC (ng·h/mL)  86 (62/119)  80 (45/142)
Cmax (pg/mL)   130 (94/178)     86 (58/127) Cmax (ng/mL) 7.0 (5.2/9.4) 5.6 (3.9/8.1)
Cmin (pg/mL)  34.2 (23.6/49.6)  31.5 (21.4/46.5) Cmin (ng/mL) 2.5 (1.5/4.0) 2.6 (1.5/4.5)
t½ (h)     28 (15/53)     30 (20/45) t½, (h)  38 (19/75)  74 (40/137)