Body Hair Scores and Total Hair Diameters in Healthy Women in Kirikkale Region, of Turkey

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

It was aimed to determine the normal hair scores of women of Kırıkkale region according to the Ferriman- Gallwey scale and to investigate the relationship between the hair shaft diameter and hair scores.
Hair scores were calculated in 204 healthy women, and hair shaft diameters were measured from the hair samples collected from 60 patients. Body mass index, waist to hip ratio, insulin resistance and blood androgen levels were determined.
Neutral, hormonal and total hair scores were 2.1±1.4, 3.1±2.7 and 5.2±3.6, respectively. The average total hair diameter and hormonal hair diameter were 191.93±90.49μm and 121.8±75.9μm respectively. The correlation between total hair diameter and total hair score was statistically significant (r=0.704 p<0.001). Also, the correlation between hormonal hair diameter and hormonal hair score was statistically significant (r=0.724 p<0.001). While hair scores and diameters show meaningful positive correlation with androgen levels, they show negative correlation with age.
In our population, 95% value of total hair score was 11, and for the hormonal score, it was 9. Hair diameters increase with hair score, regardless of total or hormonal of hair scores. Hair scores and hair diameters may be affected by blood androgens in healthy women.

참고문헌 (Reference)

1 "The role of androgens in determining acne severity in adult women" 143 : 399-404, 2000

2 "The homeostasis model in the San Antonio Heart Study" 20 : 1087-1092, 1997

3 "Testosterone and androstenedione blood production rates in normal women and women with idiopathic hirsutism or polycystic ovaries" 46 : 891-902, 1967

4 "Spironolactone is an effective and well tolerated systemic antiandrogen therapy for hirsute women" 68 : 966-970, 1989

5 "Regional changes in adrenergic receptor status during hypocaloric intake do not predict changes in adipocyte size or body shape" 39 : 307-315, 1990

6 "Prevalence of the polycystic ovarian syndrome in unselected black and white women of the Southeastern United States: a prospective study" 83 : 3078-3082, 1998

7 "Plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate serves as a prehormone for 48% of follicular fluid testosterone during treatment with menotropins" 76 : 1301-1307, 1993

8 "Obesity. In: Speroff L, Glass RH, Kase NG, editors. Clinical gynecologic endocrinology and infertility" Baltimore, Marland: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Baltimore 781-808, 1999

9 "Marked decline in serum concentrations of adrenal C19 sex steroid precursors and conjugated androgen metabolites during aging" 82 : 2396-2402, 1997

10 "Marked attenuation of ultradian and circadian rhythms of dehydroepiandrosterone in postmenopausal women: evidence for a reduced 17,20-desmolase enzymatic activity" 71 : 900-906, 1990

11 "Kadında androjen metabolizması bozuklukları ve grlen klinik tablolar (Hirsutism, Virilism). In: Atas T, ahmay S, editors. Reprodktif Endokrinoloji" Istanbul: Logos 277-313, 1990

12 "Insulin resistant and non-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome represent two clinical and endocrinological subgroups" 10 : 1951-1956, 1995

13 "Idiopathic hirsutism" 21 : 347-362, 2000

14 "Hyperandrogenemia in patients presenting with acne" 75 : 889-892, 2001

15 "Hormonal correlates of acne and hirsutism" 98 (98): 89S-94S, 1995

16 "Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and β-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man" 28 : 412-419, 1985

17 "Hirsutism: Implications, etiology, and management" 140 : 815-830, 1981

18 "Hirsutism. In: Sperof L, Glass RH, Kase NG, editors. Clinical gynecologic endocrinology and infertility" Baltimore, Marland: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Baltimore 523-556, 1999

19 "Hirsutes. I: Diagnosis" 39 : 24-28, 1998

20 "Evidence for increased androsterone metabolism in some normoandrogenic women with acne" 76 : 1111-1114, 1993

21 "Endrocrine disorders. In: Berek JS, Adashi EY, Hillard PA, editors. Novak's gynecology" Baltimore, Maryland: Williams & Wilkins Baltimore 833-886, 1996

22 "Elevated serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels in patients with insulin resistance, hirsutism, and acanthosis nigricans" 47 : 255-258, 1987

23 "Distribution of adipose tissue and complications of obesity in overweight women with and without hirsutism" 112 : 709-713, 1987

24 "Clinical markers of androgenicity in acne vulgaris" 119 : 723-730, 1988

25 "Clinical assessment of body hair growth in women" 21 : 1440-1447, 1961

26 "Clinical and biochemical parameters of androgen action in normal and healthy Caucasian versus Chinese subjects" 72 : 1242-1248, 1991

27 "Body fat topography in women with androgen excess" 12 : 157-162, 1988

28 "Acute and chronic effects on the sun. In: Freedberg IM, Eisen AZ, Wolf K, Austen KF, Goldsmith LA, Katz SI, et al, editors. Fitzpatric's Dermatology in general medicine" New York: McGraw-Hill 1598-1607, 1999