title: Ear-lobe crease and ear-canal hair as predictors of coronary artery disease in Indian population.
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.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khamesra
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bordia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004424:Ear Canal; D004431:Ear, External / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation