Prevalence of Hair Loss Among Men and Its Association With Smoking and Stress: A Case Study in the City of Lahore, Pakistan

    June 2021 in “ Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences ”
    Rao Zahid Abbas, Javeria Saleem, Usman Iqbal, Zahida Saqlain, Muhammad Ishaq, Ali Raza
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    TLDR The study found no link between hair loss, stress, and smoking among men in Lahore.
    The study "Prevalence of Hair Loss among Men and its Association with Smoking and Stress: A Case Study in the City of Lahore, Pakistan" conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 250 male residents of Lahore to explore the prevalence of baldness and its relation to stress and smoking. The results showed that 51.2% of men experienced moderate stress, 41.2% high stress, and 7.6% low stress. The most common type of baldness was Type II, fronto-temporal hairline recession, experienced by 19.2% of the participants. Age was significantly associated with baldness, and a higher frequency of baldness was recorded in men who lived in a nuclear family arrangement. However, the study found no association between the type of baldness, stress level, and smoking status.
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