Open AccessA study of association of premature graying of hair and osteopenia in North Indian population
Author(s) -
Soumya Agarwal,
Anshul Choudhary,
Arushi Kumar,
Aliza Zaidi,
Swosti Mohanty,
Shivani Yadav
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/ijt.ijt_123_19
Subject(s) - osteopenia , medicine , bone mineral , family history , analysis of variance , physical examination , osteoporosis , observational study , pediatrics , dentistry
Hair graying is one of the signs of human aging and is caused by a progressive loss of pigmentation from growing hair shafts. Studies have shown a correlation of early hair graying with osteopenia, indicating that premature graying could serve as an early marker of osteopenia.
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