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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Thromb Res. 2020 May 11;192:40–51. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.05.008

Table 1 -.

ESTROGEN DOSES IN COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND RELATIVE RISK OF VTE

Meta-analysis Studies includd Non user LNG/EE 20 LNG/EE 30–40 LNG/EE 50 DSG/EE 20 DSG/EE 30–40 GSD/EE 20 GSD/EE 30–40
Oedingen 2018[41] 11 case control studies 6 cohort studies RR (95 % CI) - - 1 1.46 (1.33–1.59) 1.39 (1.16–1.67) 1.18 (0.93–1.49) 1.27 (1.15–1.41)
De Bastos 2014 [83] 9 cohort studies 17 case control studies RR (95 % CI) 1 2.2 (1.2–3.6) 2.4 (1.8–3.2) 5.2 (3.4–7.9) 3.4 (2.5–4.6) 3.7 (2.8–4.9) 2.2 (1.4–3.2) 3.7 (2.8–4.9)

LNG - Levonorgestrel

DSG - Desogestrel

GSD - Gestodene

EE 20 - Ethinyl estrasdiol 20 micrograms

EE 30–40 - Ethinyl estradiol 30–40 micrograms

EE 50 - Ethinyl estradiol 50 micrograms