Association of Sociodemographic Factors and High Body Mass Index with Severity of Androgenetic Alopecia
Faryal Hussain Memon, Asia Hafeez, Shakila Yousuf, Sana Muhammad Shafi Khan, Anum Sharif, M. Suleman Pirzado
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To determine the association
of sociodemographic factors with severity of androgenetic alopecia (AGA) at tertiary care Hospital.
Methods: This cross-sectional
Study was conducted at dermatology department of Liaquat University of Medical
and Health Sciences Hospital, Jamshoro/Hyderabad. Study duration was one year
from December 2018 to November 2019. All the male patients of Androgenetic
alopecia were included. The grading of male pattern Androgenetic alopecia was
done according to modified Norwood-Hamilton classification. Norwood-Hamilton
Stage I-III were taken mild to moderate and Stage IV and higher as severe. All
the patient were interviewed regarding demographic characteristics and Body
Mass Index (BMI) was calculated by weight in kilograms /Height in meters2.
Data was collected via study proforma and data was analyzed by using SPSS
version 20.
Results: Total
150 patients were studied; their mean age was 39.08+10.14
years. Family history was highly prevalent as 72.0%. Average BMIS
was 27.22+2.55 kg/m2. Most of the cases 51.3% had
stage II androgenetic alopecia, stage I androgenetic alopecia was found in
33.3% of the cases and 10.7% had stage III androgenetic alopecia, while only
4.7% presented with stage IV androgenetic alopecia. Severity of androgenetic
alopecia was statistically significant according to age and over weight (p-<0.05),
while statistically insignificant according to family history, socioeconomic
status (SES) and family history (p->0.05).
Conclusion: There
was a significant association of increased age and raised BMI with severity of androgenetic alopecia. Family history and
poor SES were highly prevalent but non-significant as per androgenetic alopecia
severity.
Keywords: Alopecia, severity,
BMI, family history