Association of Male Pattern Baldness with Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease Severity and Collateral Development

    April 2015 in “ Netherlands Heart Journal ”
    İbrahim Sarı, Kazim Aykent, Vedat Davutoğlu, Murat Yüce, Orhan Özer, Mehmet Kaplan, Hayri Alıcı, Süleyman Ercan, Murat Sünbül, Kürşat Tigen
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    TLDR The conclusion is that there's no significant link between male pattern baldness and the severity of coronary artery disease.
    The study with 511 male patients found no significant link between male pattern baldness and the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD), as measured by Gensini and Rentrop scores, after adjusting for age. Initially, a higher prevalence of baldness was observed in patients with more severe CAD, but these patients were also older. No differences in baldness were found in subjects with or without adequate collateral development. The study did note higher triglyceride levels in subjects with vertex baldness, but other lipid levels were similar between bald and non-bald subjects. The study's limitations, including its small sample size and cross-sectional design, suggest that further research is needed to conclusively determine any association between male pattern baldness and CAD.
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