Ear-Canal Hair and the Ear-Lobe Crease as Predictors for Coronary-Artery Disease

Richard F. Wagner; Howard B. Reinfeld; Karen Dineen Wagner; Anthony T. Gambino; Thomas A. Falco; Jerry A. Sokol; Stanley Katz; Steven M. Zeldis

doi:10.1056/NEJM198411153112012

Ear-Canal Hair and the Ear-Lobe Crease as Predictors for Coronary-Artery Disease

Richard F. Wagner, Howard B. Reinfeld, Karen Dineen Wagner, Anthony T. Gambino, Thomas A. Falco, Jerry A. Sokol, Stanley Katz, Steven M. Zeldis

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To the Editor: The ear-lobe crease has been demonstrated to be significantly associated with coronary-artery disease in specific populations.¹ Patterns of hair growth have previously been suspected as possible risk factors for coronary-artery disease.²^,³ We investigated both the ear-lobe crease and ear-canal hair — the presence of one or more terminal hairs growing on the tragus or antitragus or from the external acoustic meatus (Fig. 1) — in 43 men and 20 women (36 to 76 years of age; mean, 56.3) who underwent coronary cineangiography. Coronary-artery disease was defined as a 50 percent or greater luminal narrowing of one.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1317-1318
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	311
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198411153112012
State	Published - Nov 15 1984
Externally published	Yes

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