A study on relationship between androgenetic alopecia and cardiovascular risk using high sensitivity C-reactive protein and galectin-3 in men with early onset baldness

OBJECTIVE: In this study, the objective was to evaluate the cardiovascular and metabolic effects in men with male pattern alopecia beginning before 30 years of age.

METHODS: Total of 81 people (41 androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and 40 healthy individuals) were included in the study. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) measurement, high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), galectin-3 were studied. Hamilton-Norwood scale (HNS) was used to determine the AGA types of the cases.

RESULTS: The mean age in the AGA and control groups was 30.3 ± 7.5 and 30.8 ± 6.0, respectively. Twenty-four-hour ABP measurements, hsCRP, and galectin-3 were similar in both groups. There was a positive correlation between HNS grade with age, BMI, triglyceride levels and fasting blood glucose levels in individuals with AGA. Similarly, there was a positive correlation between HNS grade with daytime pulse wave velocity and night-time reflection magnitude. A significant positive correlation was determined between hsCRP with BMI and waist circumference, and between galectin-3 with BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, HOMA-IR in individuals with AGA.

CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that AGA patients are similar to the normal population in terms of insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome components. However, hsCRP and galectin-3 appear to be associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors in individuals with AGA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Biomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals - 27(2022), 1 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 71-78

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sözen, Mehmet [VerfasserIn]
Baldane, Süleyman [VerfasserIn]
Abusoglu, Sedat [VerfasserIn]
Kebapcılar, Levent [VerfasserIn]
Kebapcılar, Ayşegül [VerfasserIn]
Tunçez Akyürek, Fatma [VerfasserIn]
Ünlü, Ali [VerfasserIn]
İpekci, Süleyman Hilmi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-41-4
Androgenetic alopecia
C-Reactive Protein
Cardiovascular disease
Galectin 3
Galectin-3
Hamilton-Norwood scale
HsCRP
Inflammation
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.04.2022

Date Revised 30.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/1354750X.2021.2013539

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333895533