A study has stated that men who go bald or turn grey young are five times more likely to develop heart disease before they turn 40. This indicates that a man's hair may be a better predictor of his chances of receiving a diagnosis of coronary artery disease than his weight.
An associate professor at the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad, said:
''Baldness and premature greying should be considered risk factors for coronary artery disease.''
The team looked at 790 men under 40 who had coronary artery disease and 1270 healthy men in the same age group.
Participants were given a male-pattern baldness score of 0-3, corresponding to none, mild, moderate or severe.
They were also scored from 1-5 according to the percentage of their hairs that were white, and underwent heart and blood tests.
50% of the men with coronary heart disease were going grey prematurely, compared with 30 per cent of the control group, and 49 per cent had male-pattern baldness, against 27 per cent of the healthy controls.
After taking age and other factors into account, the researchers calculated that male-pattern baldness was linked to a 5.6 times greater risk of coronary artery disease, and premature greying a 5.3 times greater risk. Obesity was associated with a 4.1 times greater risk.
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