Ear-lobe crease and ear-canal hair as predictors of coronary artery disease in Indian population.
Indian Heart J
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1989 Mar-Apr; 41(2): 86-91
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-3727
ABSTRACT
215 patients of different communities were selected randomly to predict the correlation between the ear-lobe crease, ear-canal hair and coronary artery disease. On analysis, it was found that prevalence of the ear-lobe crease increases with advancing age, and the incidence was much more higher in Sindhis in whom the overall incidence of CAD is also significantly high. Bilateral diagonal ear-lobe crease was found to be significantly (P less than 0.001) associated in patients with documented CAD, and a significant difference was also observed between men with and without CAD in the presence of ear-canal hair with age matched group. The combined presence of ear-lobe crease and ear-canal hair was more definite and more sensitive index of underlying CAD.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Random Allocation
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Child
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Adolescent
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Age Factors
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Adult
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Coronary Disease
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian heart j
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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