Skip to main content

Table 5 Castelli Risk Index I and II of hormonal contraceptive users and non-users in Goba Town Public Health Facilities, Bale, Southeast Ethiopia, 2022

From: Effects of hormonal contraceptives on lipid profile among women attending family planning unit in Goba Town Public Health Facilities, Bale, Southeast Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Castelli Risk Index

HC users

Non-users

Mean difference

p-value

TC/HDL-c

2.63 ± 0.69

2.32 ± 0.47

0.31

0.001

LDL/HDL-c

1.18 ± 0.32

0.99 ± 0.25

0.19

0.001

  1. Values are represented as M ± SD (mg/dl), * = statistically significant, P-values were obtained by student’s independent t-test, Casteli risk index: < 0.11 (low risk), 0.11–0.21 (intermediate risk), > 0.21 (high risk)
Back to article page

Reproductive Health

ISSN: 1742-4755