July 2020 in “International Journal of Research” This review examines the development of cardiovascular risk factors related to testosterone levels in PCOS women and reports no new clinical results.
This study reported that high cholesterol levels were linked to increased prostate cancer risk, while selenium supplementation affected gene expression, suggesting nutritional and clinical factors might influence prostate cancer risk and biology.
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July 2019 in “Vestnik Rossiĭskoĭ akademii meditsinskikh nauk / Rossiĭskaia akademiia meditsinskikh nauk” This study identified different non-genetic factors influencing androgenic alopecia in men with varying genetic risk, which may aid in developing more personalized treatments.
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January 2014 in “PubMed” This study found that young Indian smokers with hypertension, central obesity, diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome show a higher risk for premature acute coronary artery disease compared to those without these conditions.
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October 2018 in “Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences” This study found that an unhealthy lifestyle, including factors like past smoking and lack of fruit/vegetables in the diet, was associated with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome.
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May 2018 in “Psychology, Health & Medicine” In this study, researchers found that the original four-factor model of causal illness attributions in the IPQ-R did not fit a Chinese sample, and instead identified a two-factor model focusing on psychological attributions and risk factors.
November 2025 in “JPRAS Open” This study reported that age and diabetes are major factors influencing trichilemmal cyst development and size, highlighting the importance of these conditions for risk assessment and surgical planning.
January 2016 in “International journal of reproduction, contraception, obstetrics and gynecology” This study found that the IGF2 gene Apa1 A820G polymorphism is associated with an increased risk of developing PCOS in the studied population.
September 2023 in “JEADV Clinical Practice” This study reviewed existing literature and found that androgenic alopecia may be associated with cardiovascular risk factors, while evidence for alopecia areata and cicatricial alopecias is limited and sometimes contradictory.
September 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study found evidence suggesting that androgenic alopecia may be associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors, but noted a lack of comprehensive research on scarring alopecias and cardiovascular disease.
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July 2024 in “Minerva Endocrinology” In this systematic review, an increase in hemoglobin and hematocrit was associated with testosterone therapy, especially within the first year, and factors like serum testosterone levels and therapy specifics were linked to erythrocytosis development, highlighting the need for further research to guide clinical practice.
May 2026 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” This study found that autologous growth factor injections for androgenetic alopecia improved hair density, thickness, and patient satisfaction over 12 months; however, high bias risk and non-standardized methods limit the evidence's reliability, highlighting the need for larger, standardized trials.
May 2022 in “Hormones and behavior” This study found that hair cortisol levels in black-tailed prairie dogs, influenced by factors like predation risk and lactation, were associated with reproductive success, supporting the Cort-Adaptation hypothesis.
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July 2018 in “BMJ Open” This study found that patients with atopic dermatitis have a higher risk of developing keloid, suggesting it may be an independent risk factor for keloid formation.
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November 2015 in “Blood Pressure” This study found that early-onset androgenetic alopecia, especially with a vertex pattern, may be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome in men.
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January 2021 in “Skin appendage disorders” This study concluded that hair pigmentation, as measured by eumelanin-to-pheomelanin ratio, is not a risk factor for developing alopecia areata when compared to androgenetic alopecia patients.
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December 2016 in “Canadian Urological Association journal” This study suggests that male pattern baldness—especially moderate to severe—is an independent risk factor for prostate cancer and high-grade disease in men undergoing prostate biopsy.
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January 2021 in “Signa Vitae” This study found that COVID-19 patients discharged from the San Cecilio University Hospital during the first pandemic wave frequently returned to the ED, with thoracic pain and general malaise identified as significant risk factors for readmission.
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July 2022 in “Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery” This meta-analysis reports that male sex, hypertension, tamsulosin, finasteride, benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics are significantly associated with increased risk of developing intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome during cataract surgery.
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August 2009 in “ACTUALIDAD MEDICA” In this study, early-onset androgenetic alopecia patients showed a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome and carotid atheromatosis compared to a control group, suggesting the need for cardiovascular risk screening in this population.
February 2026 in “Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity” This study identified a higher basal metabolic rate as an independent and causally relevant risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the Chinese population, noting that sex-specific effects may require tailored management strategies.
November 2023 in “Advances and Applications in Statistics” In this retrospective study, researchers developed machine learning models to predict mortality risk among 7115 COVID-19 patients in Iran, finding that the random forests model performed best with 96% accuracy and identified factors like intubation and SpO2 as significant predictors.
July 2020 in “Research Square (Research Square)” In this study, researchers found that girls aged 4-8 years with isolated premature thelarche had significantly advanced bone age, with obesity and elevated serum IGF-1 SDS and DHEAS SDS being key independent risk factors.
July 2020 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that girls with isolated premature thelarche, confirmed by GnRH stimulation test, aged 4-8 years, may have significantly advanced bone age, with obesity and serum IGF-1 and DHEAS levels being key risk factors.
January 2013 in “Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation” This study aimed to identify unknown genetic risk loci associated with androgenetic alopecia by examining SNPs at 12 genomic loci but did not find complete heritable risk factors.
January 2020 in “Egyptian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found that increased expression of the stem cell factor receptor c-kit was associated with alopecia areata and androgenic alopecia, suggesting it may have a predictive role in progression among high-risk patients.
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October 2011 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This meta-analysis suggests that the G allele of AR StuI polymorphism might be a potential risk factor for AGA, particularly in white populations.
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May 2019 in “Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews” This study found that fasting insulin levels are associated with increased cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
January 2025 in “Medicina” This study in north Sudan found that 25% of women have traction alopecia, with the condition linked to factors like family history of pattern baldness and the use of hair color or chemicals, while increasing age was associated with a lower risk.
March 2024 in “Bioscientia medicina” In this study, rs6152 was not significantly associated with androgenetic alopecia in the Indonesian population, but familial history and factors like age, gender, hypertension, and BMI were strongly linked to AGA risk.