Metabolic Syndrome in the Spectrum of Hair Graying

The study investigated the association between the onset of hair graying and the risk of metabolic syndrome in 481 individuals without a history of atherosclerotic disease. Participants were divided into control and metabolic syndrome groups and asked about the decade they first noticed gray hair. Results showed a significant difference in the age of onset of graying between the two groups, particularly in the 4th and 5th decades of life. The mean age of onset for the metabolic syndrome group was 36.207 years, compared to 38.434 years for the control group, with a significant P value of 0.003. The study concluded that patients with metabolic syndrome experienced an earlier onset of gray hair.