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There is much controversy regarding the use of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) on cardiometabolic parameters, which is why this longitudinal population-based study was conducted to assess the impact of OCP use and its duration on cardiometabolic factors.

Of 5532 reproductive-aged participants of the Tehran lipid and glucose study, 3160 women who met our inclusion criteria were subdivided according to the duration of OCPs consumption into four sub-groups: (1) Non-users; (2) <11 month users; (3) 12–35 month users, and (4) ≥36 month users, and their cardiometabolic parameters were compared.

No statistical significant differences were observed between the cardiometabolic parameters of these sub-groups, after further adjustment for confounding factors including age, parity, and …