Baldness and coronary artery disease: the dermatologic point of view of a controversial issue.

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OBJECTIVE: Several articles, most of them written by nondermatologists, have stressed that bald men have a higher risk for coronary artery disease than men who are not bald. This study was performed to evaluate the validity of such conclusions from a dermatologic point of view. DESIGN: A review of the 24 articles in literature from 1954 to 1999 as provided by MEDLINE and a previous review. RESULTS: Five articles contained simple comments; 1 was a review of the previous literature; and 3 dealt only with the lipid profile. The remaining 15 articles dealt with coronary artery disease and baldness, and 9 of these concluded that there is a relationship between the 2 conditions, especially in younger subjects with severe early-onset androgenetic alopecia. CONCLUSIONS: Baldness did not coincide with androgenetic alopecia in some of the articles examined, which makes it difficult to settle the issue. Subjects who develop baldness before their 30s may have a higher risk for coronary artery disease than other men, and they may be individuals with early-onset androgenetic alopecia who also present with particularly elevated dihydrotestosterone-testosterone ratios. The baldness theory should be included as a secondary hypothesis in large epidemiological studies of coronary artery disease. Such studies should include dermatologic expertise for accurate, cost-effective evaluation of baldness.

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Baldness and coronary artery disease: the dermatologic point of view of a controversial issue. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Review

Journal: Archives of dermatology

VOLUME: 137

Page Numbers: 943-7

Journal Abbreviation: Arch Dermatol

ISSN: 0003-987X

DAY: 17

MONTH: Jul

YEAR: 2001

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AFFILIATION: Department of Dermatology, Clinica Dermatologica, Viale Benedetto XV, 7, 16132 Genova, Italy. rebdermo@unige.it

Country: United States

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