A Epidemiology and Associated Factors of Hair Greying A Population-Based, Cross-Sectional Study in Young Adults Epidemiology of Hair Greying

Abstract

ABSTRACT:

Introduction: The greying of hair is an imminent anomaly that occurs commonly as a person ages, but nowadays people in their early twenties experience premature hair greying.

Aim: The study aimed to evaluate: epidemiological characteristics and associated factors the frequency of premature greying of hair the impact on the socio-cultural spheres of life and the audacity of students.

Methodology: This population-based, cross-sectional study included 71 volunteers with prematurely grey hair and 71 non-premature grey hair between the ages of 18 to 30 years old.

Results: Seventy-one participants had premature grey hair and seventy-one had non-premature grey hair. The mean onset of age for premature grey hair is (21.3623188), whereas the mean onset of age for non-premature grey hair is (20.41). The most common area of hair greying during the interview was temporal in males and parietal in females. Hair greying was more severe in males when compared to females.

T-test values/significant   :

Premature grey hair age: The T-value is 1.041401. The value of P is .150689. The result is insignificant at P < .05.

Non-premature grey hair age: The T-value is 1.207043.

Non-premature grey hair BMI:

 The T-value is 1.082864.

Conclusion/Discussion: PGH is linked to premature grey hair in both males and females. For women, it is also linked to thyroid, PCOD, malnutrition, and anemia, while for men, genetics, obesity, and lifestyle are potential risk factors.

Key Words: Premature grey Hair, Risk Factors, Parietal, Temporal, epidemiological.