Hair Steroid Profiling Reveals Racial Differences in Male Pattern Baldness between Korean and Caucasian Populations  Man Ho Choi, Sun Ju Kim, Bark-Lynn Lew, Woo Young Sim, Bong Chul Chung  Journal of Investigative Dermatology  Volume 133, Issue 3, Pages 822-824 (March 2013) DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.349 Copyright © 2013 The Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The altered steroid metabolism obtained from balding and normal Korean and Caucasian subjects. The line within the box represents the median, the lower boundary of the box indicates 25%, and the upper boundary of the box indicates 75%. Whiskers above and below indicate the maximum and minimum steroid levels, respectively. Dots above and below indicate the plot outliers with the 10th and 90th percentiles, respectively. BC, balding Caucasian; BK, balding Korean; DH, dihydrotestosterone; DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone; 3β-HSD, 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; 17α-HSD, 17α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; 17β-HSD, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; NC, normal Caucasian; NK, normal Korean. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2013 133, 822-824DOI: (10.1038/jid.2012.349) Copyright © 2013 The Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc Terms and Conditions