Male Baldness: Association with Coronary Artery Disease?

The document discusses the potential association between male baldness (androgenetic alopecia) and coronary artery disease (CAD). Studies from the past have shown conflicting results, with some indicating a positive relationship between baldness and CAD, especially when controlling for known CAD risk factors, while others found no such association. More recent studies, including a retrospective cohort study of 22,071 US male physicians and a study of 85 men requiring coronary revascularization, suggested that early-onset androgenetic alopecia could be a risk factor for severe CAD. However, a study by Sari et al. in the current issue, which included 511 male patients, did not find a significant relationship between male pattern baldness and the severity of CAD after conducting multivariate analysis. The study by Sari et al. also looked at the association between baldness and angiographic CAD severity and collateral development but found no significant correlation. The document concludes that while some studies suggest a potential link between early-onset male baldness and CAD, the evidence is not strong enough to establish a significant association, and male baldness is not significantly associated with CAD.