A new study found a strong link between gray and hair loss with coronary heart disease.
There may be a way to know if you are at risk for a problem in the heart just seeing in the mirror. A recent study of more than 2,000 men found that baldness and the appearance of premature gray hair may be indicators of coronary heart disease.
The study, conducted by the European Society of Cardiology, suggests that men with either baldness or premature graying of gray hair have a higher risk of developing heart disease than men with obesity. The study reached this conclusion, after analyzing 790 men, under the age of 40, with cardiovascular disease and 1,270 healthy men of the same age.
The researchers made a medical history of all the participants and then noted their level of baldness and graying, comparing the results with the number of symptoms of cardiovascular disease that the participants showed.
The study found that men in the cardiovascular disease group were five times more likely to have premature graying and 5.6 times more likely to have baldness .
The study’s principal investigator, Dr. Kamal Sharma, told the BBC that the correlation may be related to the speed with which the body ages. ? This may be faster in some patients and be reflected in changes in the hair ,? said.
Although the news may be troubling for men under the age of 40 with gray hair or bald heads , try to see the positive side: having such a simple way of realizing that your body is at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases gives you an opportunity to improve. your heart health. Even if cardiovascular disease is potentially inevitable due to your genes, you can lessen its severity with what you do now.
As for men with all hair, they have not yet been spared, many things, from work habits, to the speed with which they eat can put them at risk.