Investigating the relationship between androgenetic alopecia and the thickness of the intima media of the carotid artery

Gholami , Mohammad; Mahmoudabadi, Alireza; Moradi , Maryam; Nezami, Hossein; Mohammadzadeh , Hamideh

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Gholami M, Mahmoudabadi A, Moradi M, Nezami H, Mohammadzadeh H. Investigating the relationship between androgenetic alopecia and the thickness of the intima media of the carotid artery. Tehran Univ Med J 2024; 82 (7) :546-552
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Investigating the relationship between androgenetic alopecia and the thickness of the intima media of the carotid artery

Mohammad Gholami¹

, Alireza Mahmoudabadi²

, Maryam Moradi¹

, Hossein Nezami¹

, Hamideh Mohammadzadeh ^*³

1- Nursing Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
2- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
3- , Mohammadzadeh.hamideh@yahoo.com

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Background: Androgenetic alopecia is the most common cause of hair loss, and its prevalence increases with age. Different studies have reported different results regarding the association of cardiovascular diseases with androgenetic alopecia. The present study aimed to The present study aimed to Investigating the relationship between androgenetic alopecia and the thickness of the intima media of the carotid artery in the referrals to the specialized skin and hair clinic of Allameh Bohlool Gonabadi Hospital.

Methods: This case-control study was conducted from October 2021 to June 2022 on 100 patients referred to the Skin and Hair Clinic of Allameh Bahloul Hospital in two groups of 50 cases and controls, aged less than 40 years. The subjects were matched in terms of age and gender. Patients with alopecia were classified into three categories: mild, moderate, and severe based on the diagnosis of the treating physician. The thickness of the intima-media layer of the carotid artery was measured using ultrasound.
Results: There were 37 males and 13 females in both the case and control groups. The mean age in the case group was 29.50 and 30.28 years, respectively. In addition, the duration of alopecia in the case group was 6.9 years. Although the results indicated that the carotid artery intima-media thickness was higher in patients with androgenetic alopecia, no statistically significant relationship was found between androgenetic alopecia and carotid artery intima-media thickness (P=0.66). There was also a statistical relationship between the carotid artery intima-media thickness and the duration of alopecia (P=0.03).
Conclusion: Considering the relationship between the thickness of the intima media of the carotid artery and the duration of alopecia, it can be said that there is a possible relationship between alopecia and atherosclerosis, but to prove it, studies with a larger sample size are needed.

Keywords: androgenic alopecia, ultrasonography, carotid intima-media thickness.

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