November 1, 1999Journal of Applied Physiology
Influence of female reproductive hormones on local thermal control of skin blood flow
Why the study?
Does the high-hormone phase of oral contraceptive use alter local thermal control of skin blood flow compared to the low-hormone phase in women?
Population
Women using oral contraceptives
Comparison
High-hormone (HH) phase of oral contraceptive use vs Low-hormone (LH) phase of oral contraceptive use
Design
Other
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
OC phases may modulate local skin vasodilation; hypothesis-generating for thermoregulation in women, pending larger studies.
Structured PICO
Does the high-hormone phase of oral contraceptive use alter local thermal control of skin blood flow compared to the low-hormone phase in women?
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Population
Women using oral contraceptives
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Intervention
High-hormone (HH) phase of oral contraceptive use
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Comparator
Low-hormone (LH) phase of oral contraceptive use
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Outcome
Cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) response to local warming and coolingsurrogate
Female steroid hormones enhance the cutaneous vasodilator response to local warming, consistent with estrogen-mediated enhancement of nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation.
Cite This Study
Charkoudian et al. (1999) studied this question.