Contraceptive Failure Rates of Etonogestrel Subdermal Implants in Overweight and Obese Women
Xu H, Wade J, Peipert J, Zhao Q, Madden T, Secura G. Contraceptive Failure Rates of Etonogestrel Subdermal Implants in Overweight and Obese Women. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2012, 120: 21-26. PMID: 22678035, PMCID: PMC4043143, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0b013e318259565a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObese womenContraceptive failure ratesIntrauterine deviceContraceptive methodsFirst-line contraceptive methodLarge prospective cohort studyKaplan-Meier survival curvesActing reversible contraceptive (LARC) methodsUrine pregnancy testingProspective cohort studyBody mass indexEtonogestrel subdermal contraceptive implantEtonogestrel subdermal implantSubdermal contraceptive implantFailure rateReversible contraceptive methodsT-testContraceptive CHOICE ProjectStudent's t-testReliable birth control methodsBirth control methodsCohort studyCumulative failure rateNormal weightMass index