Friday, April 5, 2013

មនុស្ស​ក្បាល ទំពែក​មាន​អត្រា​ជំងឺ​បេះ​ដូច​ច្រើន​ជាង​មនុស្ស​ធម្មតា

Newser ៖​ តាម​ការ​សិក្សា​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​មួយ​របស់​ប្រទេស​ជប៉ុន បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា មនុស្ស​ដែល​មាន​​ក្បាល​ទំពែក គឺ​មាន​អត្រា​ជំងឺ​បេះ​ដូង​ ខ្ពស់​ជាង​មនុស្ស​ធម្មតា ។ ហើយ​ពួក​គាត់​តែង​តែ​ ពាក់​សក់​​ឬ​មួក​ដើម្បី​ការ​ពារ​នោះ។ ចំណែក​ព័ត៌មាន​ របស់​គេហទំព័រ​ Bloomberg វិញ​ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ទៀត​ថា មនុស្ស​ទំពែក​កាន់តែ​ខ្លាំង គឺ​មាន​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់​កាន់តែ​ខ្លាំង ។ បញ្ហា​នេះ មាន​អត្រា​ស្លាប់​ ឬ​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់​ដល់​អាយុជីវិត ច្រើន​ជាង​ជំងឺ ជំងឺ​ដែល​បណ្ដាលមកពី ការ​ជក់​បារី, ជំងឺ​លើ​ឈាម, ជំងឺ​ធាត់​ពេក, ជំងឺ​ខ្លាញ់​ក្នុង​ប្រមាត់​ ដោយ​យោង​តាម ឯក​សារ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ របស់​មហាវិទ្យាល័យ​មួយ​របស់ Tokyo។
សូម​បញ្ជាក់​ផង​ដែរ​ថា តាម​របាយ​ការណ៍​លម្អិត បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ទៀត​ថា ក្នុង​ចំណោម​មនុស្ស​ ដែល​មាន​ជំងឺ​បេះ​ដូង ១០០នាក់ គឺ​មាន​ចំនួន ៣០នាក់ ជា​មនុស្ស​ក្បាលទំពែក (Bald men) ដោយ​ស្មើ​នឹង ៣០% នៃ​អត្រា​ជំងឺ​បេះ​ដូង៕

Study: Balding Men at Higher Risk for Heart Disease

PROBLEM: 30 to 40 percent of adult men have male pattern baldness. Some research has suggested that there's an association between hair loss and heart disease, but not enough to consider it as a possible early warning sign. 

METHODOLOGY: After evaluating the merits of the existing literature -- over 850 studies published since 1950 -- Japanese researchers narrowed the field to six sufficiently rigorous studies that together account for almost 40,000 men. Three were cohort studies, following the health of balding men over time; the other three, case-control studies, compared bald men to peers with full heads of hair. All controlled for complicating factors like age and smoking.
RESULTS: Across the board, increased balding was strongly linked to increased risk of CHD.
Mostly-bald men in the cohort studies were 32 percent more likely to develop CHD over the follow-up period than those who weren't balding. Under the age of 55-60 (the studies grouped them differently), the association remained and was even intensified: CHD risk for the "extensively balding" was upped to 44 percent.
In the cohort studies, bald and balding men were as high as 70 percent more likely to have heart disease than non-balding peers. In the younger age groups, their risk was increased by 84 percent.
Risk was concentrated on the top of the head. Two studies, taken together, showed that as this area became mildly, moderately, and extensively more sparse, the odds of a participant developing heart disease escalated from 18, to 36, to 48 percent, respectively.
Receding hairlines, in the above case, were not significantly correlated with CHD. And overall, front-of-head baldness was associated with increased heart disease to a much lesser degree than other balding patterns.
IMPLICATIONS: The leading theory, which the authors say their analysis supports, is that hair loss from the top of the head is one of the more visible symptoms of hardened arteries; a condition caused by unhealthy behaviors that in turn causes heart disease. Insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, and increased sensitivity to testosterone are also linked to both conditions.
Does this mean that hair loss can be added to the list of early warning signs of heart disease -- just like high cholesterol, family history, smoking, and obesity, to name a few --  that doctors should look out for in their patients? Well, these researchers seem to think this could be a good idea -- once further study elucidates the risk and clarifies screening guidelines. After all, male baldness is extremely common; as the authors admit, medicating everyone who's thinning out on top would likely create more problems than it would solve.

"Male pattern baldness and its association with coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis," is published in BMJ Open.

 

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