人間の顔は健康のバイオマーカーですか? - スコーピングレビュー
Weronika M Obrochta1,2, Magdalena Klimek1, Paula Bartecka1,2
1Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
PloS one
|August 25, 2025
まとめ
顔の特徴は健康に関する 信頼できるバイオマーカーではありません このレビューでは,顔面の対称性,平均性,および性的二形性を健康状態と結びつける様々な証拠が見つかり,注意が必要であることを示しています.
科学分野:
- 進化生物学
- 人間の健康
- バイオマーカー
背景:
- 顔の特徴は 発達の安定と健康を反映すると広く考えられています
- しかし,この仮定を支持する科学的な証拠は矛盾しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 成人の顔の特徴 (対称性,平均性,性二形態) と様々な健康面との関連を体系的に検討する.
- 健康と生物学的状態のバイオマーカーとしての顔の特徴の有効性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 電子データベースの体系的な文献検索 (Web of Science,MEDLINE PubMed,Scopus,Embase) について
- 系統的レビューのための優先報告項目の遵守とスコーピングレビューのためのメタ分析の拡張 (PRISMA-ScR) のガイドライン.
- 検閲された702件の論文のうち21件の研究が含まれている.
主要な成果:
- 研究では 顔の特徴と心臓血管の健康,免疫力,酸化ストレス,コルチゾールのレベル,生殖能力,認知機能,全般的な健康などの 健康指標との関連が示されています
- 顔の特徴と健康状態を結びつける全体的な証拠は不確定でした.
結論:
- 顔の特徴は,個人の健康や生物学的状態の 誠実な指標にはなりません.
- 健康状態のバイオマーカーとして顔の特徴を使用する際には注意が必要です.
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