Thread: Baldness and COVID-19

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In one study of 122 male COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Madrid, 79 per cent were bald — about double the population frequency.
Another small study in Spain observed a similar over-representation of baldness among men in hospital with COVID-19.

Male pattern baldness is strongly associated with a higher level of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a more active derivative of testosterone, and one of the androgen family of male sex hormones.

Confirming this correlation between baldness and susceptibility to COVID-19 with larger samples, controlling for age and other conditions, would be significant.

It would suggest a higher DHT level could be a risk factor for severe COVID-19.


Why are more bald men in hospital with coronavirus? The answer could hold a treatment - ABC News

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