Gender-specific association of androgenetic alopecia with metabolic syndrome in a middle-aged Korean population

Seung‐Muk Yi, Sang Wook Son, Kon‐Hee Lee, Seon Hahn Kim, Seung Ku Lee, E.R. Cho, Il Hwan Kim, Chol Shin

British Journal of Dermatology · 2012 · 63 citations · 41 references

Abstract

Our analysis of AGA and the prevalence of MetS in a large population-based cohort demonstrated quite different findings compared with previous reports. The different results according to gender suggest that there may be different mechanisms that are yet to be defined between male and female AGA.

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