Ann Dermatol.  2018 Apr;30(2):251-252. 10.5021/ad.2018.30.2.251.

Medical Comorbidities and the Onset of Androgenetic Alopecia: A Population-Based, Case-Control Study

• Chung HC
• Choe SJ
• Lee S
• Oh SS
• Lee WS

• KMID: 2414698
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2018.30.2.251

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Alopecia*
Case-Control Studies*
Comorbidity*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Comparison between early- and late-onset androgenetic alopecia (AGA) groups. BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, Hb: hemoglobin, Hct: hematocrit, BUN: blood urea nitrogen, Cr: creatinine, Glc: glucose, TG: triglyceride, HDL: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase.

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