The Association between Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Male Pattern Hair Loss in Young Men by&nbsp;Xiaojin Shi &nbsp;1,Hsiaohan Tuan &nbsp;2,Xiaona Na &nbsp;1,Haibing Yang &nbsp;1,Yucheng Yang &nbsp;1,Yulin Zhang &nbsp;1,Menglu Xi &nbsp;1,Yuefeng Tan &nbsp;1,Celi Yang &nbsp;1,Junhan Zhang &nbsp;1&nbsp;andAi Zhao &nbsp;1,* 1 Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China 2 Department of Dermatology, School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Nutrients&nbsp;2023,&nbsp;15(1), 214;&nbsp;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu1501... Received: 30 November 2022&nbsp;/&nbsp;Revised: 17 December 2022&nbsp;/&nbsp;Accepted: 29 December 2022&nbsp;/&nbsp;Published: 1 January 2023 (This article belongs to the Section&nbsp;Nutrition and Public Health) Download&nbsp;Browse Figures &nbsp;Figure 1 Flowchart of data selection. " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(79, 86, 113); line-height: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; font-weight: 700;">Figure 2 Association between different types of beverage intake frequency and male pattern hair loss (MPHL). Model 1 had no adjustment for confounders; Model 2 adjusted: age, education level, BMI, smoking status, alcohol intake, family history, hair dyeing/perming/bleaching/relaxing, sleep time and physical activity; Model 3, based on model 2, further adjusted consumption of vegetables, meats, eggs, beans and bean products, oils and fats, deep fried food, sugar and honey, sweets and ice cream; Model 4, based on model 3, further adjusted PTSD. " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(79, 86, 113); line-height: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; font-weight: 700;">Figure 3 Association between different types of beverage intake amount and male pattern hair loss (MPHL). Model 1 had no adjustment for confounders; Model 2 adjusted: age, education level, BMI, smoking status, alcohol intake, family history, hair dyeing/perming/bleaching/relaxing, sleep time and physical activity; Model 3, based on model 2, further adjusted consumption of vegetables, meats, eggs, beans and bean products, oils and fats, deep fried food, sugar and honey, sweets and ice cream; Model 4, based on model 3, further adjusted PTSD. " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(79, 86, 113); line-height: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; font-weight: 700;">Figure 4 Mediation effect diagram for disease history and anxiety disorder in association between Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) intake frequency and male pattern hair loss (MPHL). Anxiety disorder status was divided into four levels according to GAD-7. Score range included: 0–4 minimal anxiety, 5–9 mild anxiety, 10–14 moderate anxiety, 15–21 severe anxiety. Disease history was divided into three groups: without disease, one chronic disease and more than one disease. SSBsF means SSB intake frequency, which was included as a continuous variable in the mediation analysis. MPHL was divided into two groups according to BASP scale: normal group and MPHL group. *** p &amp;lt; 0.001. " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(79, 86, 113); line-height: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; font-weight: 700;"> Review&nbsp;Reports&nbsp;Versions&nbsp;Notes Abstract We performed this study to investigate the association between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and male pattern hair loss (MPHL) in young men. We conducted this cross-sectional study from January to April 2022 in mainland China. Young people aged 18–45 years (n&nbsp;= 1951) were recruited from 31 provinces in China. We used a self-reported online survey for data collection. We explored the associations between the amount/frequency of SSB consumption and MPHL by using a binary logistic regression model, with adjustments for sociodemographic, hair status, dietary intake, lifestyle, and psychological factors. Among the 1028 participants (27.8 ± 7.2 years) in the final analysis, we found that high SSB consumption is associated with a higher risk of MPHL. We recommend more support to decrease SSB consumption among young people to minimize negative health outcomes. Keywords:&nbsp; sugar-sweetened beverages;&nbsp;male pattern hair loss;&nbsp;adult;&nbsp;male;&nbsp;youth <div style="box-sizing: