Male Pattern Baldness and Its Association with Coronary Heart Disease: A Meta-Analysis

    January 2013 in “ BMJ Open ”
    Tomohide Yamada, Kazuo Hara, Hitomi Umematsu, Tomoko Kadowaki
    Studysummary This meta-analysis reports that vertex baldness is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, particularly in younger men, while no significant link was found for frontal baldness.
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