Meta Analysis: Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Obesity in Fertile Age Women in Asia
Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Muhammad Zia Ulhaq, Eti Poncorini Pamungkasari, Bhisma Murti, Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret
Abstract
Background: Obesity is a disease with a complex (multi-causal) cause because it involves genetic and environmental factors. Some of them are heredity, individual socio-economic factors, eating patterns (habits), food consumption, physical activity, hormonal, nutritional knowledge, and perception. This study aimed to analyze the effect of oral contraceptives on obesity in women of childbearing age. Subjects and Method: This was a meta analysis and systematic review from several observational studies. The articles were collected from PubMed, Google Scholar, and Springerlink databases, published from 2000-2020. Data collection used eligibility criteria, including population (P): women of reproductive age, intervention (I): oral contraceptive, comparison (C): non oral contraceptive, and outcome (O): obesity. Keywords used "pil contraception" OR "Pil Contraceptive" AND "Oral Contraceptive" OR "Oral Contraception" AND "Obesity" OR "Overweight" AND" Cross sectional" AND "Cohort" AND "Adjusted Odds Ratio". Selected articles were full text of observational study. These articles were selected by PRISMA flow diagram. Quantitative synthesis was conducted using Review Manager 5.3 program.