September 2025 in “Medicine” This study found that male patients with androgenetic alopecia exhibited signs of increased arrhythmia risk, such as higher P-wave dispersion and lower corrected QT interval on ECG, suggesting potential benefits from closer cardiac monitoring.
July 2025 in “Arab Board Medical Journal” This study found that patients with androgenetic alopecia had significantly higher serum NF-κB levels compared to controls, and these levels correlated with disease severity, suggesting NF-κB as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target.
May 2025 in “International Journal of Trichology” This study found that in males with androgenetic alopecia, greater severity was significantly associated with elevated total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, suggesting a need for cardiovascular risk screening.
April 2025 in “Health Science Reports” In this case-control study, researchers observed that smoking and lighter hair color significantly increased the risk of developing androgenetic alopecia, with older individuals and women showing higher prevalence rates, while hair thickness and shape were not linked to increased alopecia risk.
March 2025 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” Early-onset hair loss in Egyptian males is linked to genetics, hormones, and lifestyle factors like smoking and diet.
January 2025 in “Journal of Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery” This study found that patients with telogen effluvium had a higher quality of life score compared to controls, despite no significant difference in self-esteem.
December 2024 in “Iraqi journal of Medical Sciences” This study found that women with PCOS had significantly lower vitamin D levels and higher serum prolactin and testosterone than women without PCOS, suggesting a link between vitamin D deficiency and PCOS symptom severity.
June 2024 in “Archives of dermatological research” This study observed that patients with post-COVID telogen effluvium had lower serum ferritin levels than controls, but the levels were not indicative of nonanemic iron deficiency.
April 2024 in “International Journal of Advanced Research” In this case-control study, researchers observed that vitamin B12 deficiency was significantly associated with diffuse hair loss and muco-cutaneous pigmentation in patients, suggesting these may serve as clinical markers for dermatologists to consider when diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency.
April 2024 in “Women s Health Reports” This study explored the clinical and biochemical hyperandrogenic status in adolescents with irregular menses to identify significant indicators of potential metabolic problems linked to PCOS.
January 2024 in “Biomarker Insights” This study found significant associations between PCOS susceptibility and specific genetic variants in the APOA5 and PLIN1 genes among Western Saudi women, identifying novel alleles and genotypes that may influence PCOS risk and related clinical characteristics.
December 2023 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that IL-4 VNTR intron 3 and TNF-α (rs1799964) gene polymorphisms do not have a significant association with alopecia areata susceptibility in the Egyptian population.
April 2023 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This case-control study observed that individuals with alopecia universalis and patchy alopecia areata had a higher frequency of fatty liver compared to controls, though the differences were not statistically significant.
April 2023 in “The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine” This case control study investigated serum IL-17A levels in alopecia areata patients compared to healthy controls to explore its potential role in the disease's pathogenesis.
September 2022 in “International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS)” This study examined the relationship between zinc status and DNA oxidative damage in patients with hair loss in Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq, highlighting the potential role of zinc deficiency in hair loss.
July 2022 in “Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery” This study found that Vitamin B12 deficiency was more common in patients with chronic telogen effluvium than in healthy controls.
July 2021 in “Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery” This study suggests an association between metabolic syndrome and androgenic alopecia severity, though this association was not statistically significant.
This study found no significant differences in iron metabolism-related or thyroid function parameters between women with chronic diffuse hair loss and healthy controls.
September 2020 in “International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences” This study found that individuals with alopecia areata had significantly lower serum vitamin D levels compared to healthy controls, but no significant link between vitamin D levels and disease severity was observed.
June 2019 in “Journal of Medical Sciences” This study found that female patients with telogen effluvium had significantly lower serum ferritin levels compared to healthy individuals, suggesting an association between low ferritin and this condition.
January 2019 in “프로그램북(구 초록집)” This study found that synthetic ceramide shampoo improved dandruff and erythema while reducing water loss when compared to control in a group of 20 subjects over four weeks.
June 2006 in “American Journal of Epidemiology” Being obese and eating too many calories may increase the risk of kidney cancer, but physical activity doesn't seem to affect this risk.
December 2022 in “Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism” This study found a significant association between early onset androgenetic alopecia and metabolic syndrome, with higher prevalence of metabolic risk factors in affected individuals compared to a control group.
March 2018 in “Nepal journal of dermatology, venereology & leprology” This study observed no association between androgenetic alopecia and benign prostatic hyperplasia in men aged 20 and older, although a positive family history was linked to early onset of hair loss.
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June 2012 in “JRSM Cardiovascular Disease” In this study, premature coronary artery disease in Indians under 40 was linked to factors like dyslipidemia, low HDL-C, smoking, and central obesity, with cutaneous markers significantly associated.
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January 2016 in “International Journal of Andrology” In this study, researchers found an inverse association between baldness and testicular cancer, suggesting androgen activity may influence cancer risk.
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November 2017 in “Cancer Causes & Control” This study found that men with androgenetic alopecia at age 20 years may have a higher risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer, particularly advanced stage disease.
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January 2018 in “Journal of clinical & experimental dermatology research” In this study, researchers found no significant difference in vitamin D levels between psoriasis patients and controls, suggesting no association between vitamin D deficiency and psoriasis.
In this study, researchers found that patients with alopecia areata displayed higher systemic inflammatory markers and lower vitamin D levels compared to healthy controls, yet they exhibited similar cardiovascular risk profiles, with no association between inflammation and cardiovascular risk or alopecia severity.
June 2022 in “Journal of the turkish academy of dermatology” In this study, metabolic syndrome and hypertension were significantly more prevalent in patients with plantar callosities compared to controls, suggesting potential links that warrant further investigation.