Association between the androgenetic alopecia and degree of the coronary artery disease and development coronary artery collateral

Aim: Although several epidemiologial studies have shown an association between male pattern baldness and atherosclerosis, it has never been studied by investigating angiographic presence and severity of coronary artery disease. We aimed to investigate whether there is an association betweeen male pattern baldness and angiographic coronary artery disease severity and and collateral development.Methods: Angiographies, coronary artery disease risk factors, lipid parameters, and presence and severiy of baldness of 390 male patients were prospectively evaluated. Severiy of coronary artery disease was evaluated with Gensini, and collateral development with Rentrop scores.Results: Although subjects with higher Gensini sscore had more frequent baldness, they were older than the group with lower Gensini score. After age adjusted analysis, male pattern baldness was not an independent predictor of coronary artery disease severity. There were no difference in terms of presence and severity of baldness in subjects with and without adequate collateral development.Conclusion: There was not any relation between presence, severity and age of occurrance of baldness and Gensini and Rentrop scores which are important markers of presence and severiy of coronary artery disease. This topic needs to be clarified with prospective large scale studies.Anahtar Kelimeler: erkek tipi kellik, koroner arter hastalığı, Gensini, Rentrop