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> Obesity was also not controlled for, which is known to be strongly correlated with low testosterone.
by idleplant 2mo ago
> Obesity was also not controlled for, which is known to be strongly correlated with low testosterone.
- idleplant 2mo agoIn the past decade, research suggests that testosterone levels have actually gone up[1]. [1]https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/why-are-testosterone-levels-rising https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/why-are-testosterone-levels-risin...
- adam_arthur 2mo agoTestosterone is directly causally inverse to bodyfat in men (once above some very low baseline) Fat directly converts testosterone to Estrogen via a process called aromatization. Personally my Testosterone close to doubled when going from 25% bodyfat to 13%. I get blood tests regularly and can see the levels fluctuate pretty closely with fat levels
- moffkalast 2mo agoMy takeaway from this is that obesity... is the cure for baldness? xd
- vinyl7 2mo agoBaldness is caused by dht
- cromka 2mo agoWhich is a byproduct of testosterone, so...
- dumberquestions 2mo agoEven if more testosterone means more DHT, most of the variability in hair loss is explained by differences in DHT sensitivity levels.
- moffkalast 2mo agoIt would explain why fat people are more often than not bald anyway and why Styropyro has the most hair I've ever seen on a person regardless of his condition.
- tokai 2mo agoReally makes the study completely pointless when the last 50 years has also seen the rise of the global obesity epidemic.