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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: In the oral contraceptive group, serum levels of total cholesterol increased from 4. 9 + / -0. 3 to 5. 4 + / -0. 3 mmol/l (P < 0. 05), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol increased from 1. 2 + / -0. 1 to 1. 5 + / -0. 1 mmol/l (P < 0. 001), the total cholesterol : high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio decreased from 4. 6 + / -0. 4 to 3. 7 + / -0. 2 (P < 0. 001) and triglycerides increased from 1. 3 + / -0. 1 to 1. 9 + / -0. 2 mmol/l at 6 months of treatment (P < 0. 001).