Association Between Androgenetic Alopecia and Metabolic Syndrome – A Case Control Study

August 2024

Namrata Goyal, Asif Ali Khan, Rajendra Devanda, Navdeep Randhawa, Khushboo Gupta, U S Agarwal

androgenetic alopecia metabolic syndrome BMI waist circumference fasting blood sugar total cholesterol LDL cholesterol fasting insulin levels AGA MetS body mass index low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

TLDR Men with androgenetic alopecia may have a higher risk of metabolic syndrome.

This study found a significant association between androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in 85 males with AGA compared to 85 age-matched controls. AGA patients had higher BMI, waist circumference, fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and fasting insulin levels. Additionally, 23.52% of AGA patients had MetS, compared to 7.05% of controls. These results suggest that AGA could be an indicator of MetS risk, emphasizing the need for screening AGA patients for MetS and further research into shared pathophysiological mechanisms.

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