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
”
Studysummary This study found no association between the type of baldness, stress levels, and smoking status among male residents of Lahore.
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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.
