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    Male-Pattern Baldness and Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Risk Factors in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study

    November 2019 in “ PLoS ONE ”
    Sonali Pechlivanis, Stefanie Heilmann‐Heimbach, Raimund Erbel … Susanne Moebus
    Studysummary This study suggests a weak association between male-pattern baldness and some coronary heart disease risk factors, but does not support it as a strong indicator of coronary risk.
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