{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]],"date-time":"2026-09-15T21:29:49Z","timestamp":1789507789674,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Journal of Nepal Medical Association (JNMA)","issue":"259","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,1]],"date-time":"2023-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1677628800000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Nepal Med Assoc"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction: Early canities are the premature greying of hair before the age of 25 years in Asians. The condition is a matter of concern for young adults aesthetically. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of early canities among undergraduate medical students of a medical college.\nMethods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out from 1 December 2021 to 30 June 2022 among undergraduate medical students at a medical college. The study was conducted after receiving ethical approval from the Institutional Review Committee [Reference number: 146(6-11)C-2 078\/079]. The participants with ages less than 25 years without a history of vitiligo, intake of chemotherapeutic drugs, progeria, pangeria and recent dyeing of hair were enrolled. A convenience sampling method was used. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated. \nResults: Out of 235 students, 95 (40.42%) (34.15-46.69, 95% Confidence Interval) had early canities. The most prevalent premature greying was grade I early canities i.e.79 (83.15%) of participants. Among the participants with early canities, 56 (58.94%) were male, 41 (43.15%) had a positive family history for early canities, 67 (70.52%) had normal body mass index and 38 (40%) had O+ve blood group.\nConclusions: The prevalence of early canities among undergraduate medical students was lower than in other studies done in similar settings. The grade I early canities was seen more among the participants with premature greying of hair.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.31729\/jnma.7961","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,1]],"date-time":"2023-03-01T10:07:48Z","timestamp":1677665268000},"page":"220-223","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Early Canities among Undergraduate Medical Students of a Medical College: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.31729","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"Sonam","family":"Chaudhary","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Narayan Bahadur","family":"Mahotra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"16919","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,1]]},"container-title":["Journal of Nepal Medical Association"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/download\/7961\/4523","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/download\/7961\/4523","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,14]],"date-time":"2023-03-14T10:10:54Z","timestamp":1678788654000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/view\/7961"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"259","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31729\/jnma.7961","relation":{},"ISSN":["1815-672X","0028-2715"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1815-672X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"0028-2715","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,1]]}}}