Earlobe crease in women: Evaluation of reproductive factors, alcohol use, and Quetelet index and...
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Petrakis, Nicholas L.
- Source
- American Journal of Medicine. Oct95, Vol. 99 Issue 4, p356. 6p. 4 Charts, 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *EAR diseases
*CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-9343
Evaluates diagonal earlobe crease (ELC) in women as a harbinger of cardiovascular disease (CAD). Sample of 625 white women; Statistical protocol; Relationship of ELC with reproductive factors, contraceptive and menopausal estrogen use, and alcohol use; Implication of negative association between ELC and alcohol use.