The Relation Between the Severity of Androgenetic Alopecia and Cardiovascular Atherosclerosis Measured via Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and the SYNTAX Score

In 2015, a study was conducted on 116 subjects (61 males and 55 females) to investigate the relationship between the severity of androgenetic alopecia (AGA), a common type of hair loss, and cardiovascular atherosclerosis, a heart condition. The study found that both male and female subjects with more severe AGA had significantly higher SYNTAX scores (a measure of coronary artery disease severity) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT, a measure of atherosclerosis) compared to those with less severe AGA. This suggests that AGA could potentially serve as a simple phenotypical indicator for cardiovascular atherosclerosis.