| dc.description.abstract | Background : Skin tag is a benign twnor of tle skin with papules, filiform or
pednrrculated clinical featrre, often arises in the flextue area- Etiology of skin tag
is still rmclear, but one of the etiology is associated with impaired glucose
metabolism. Currently FIbAlc is often used as an laboratory examination on
individual with impaired glucose metabolism. Increased levels of HbAlc are
expected occuring in patients with skin tag.
Objtctive : to determine the association between irrcrtased levels of llbAlc with
the occurrence of skin tag.
Methods : This study is an analytic study with cross sectional design involving 32
subjects with shz tag arfi 32 controls. Diagrosis of sdn tag was made based on
history and clinical examination, furthermore subjects performed blood sample
examination for [IbAlc level. Tbe collected data then processed ard anatyzed
statistically with Mann Whitney test 1o examine the association between tlbAl c
levels with the occurrence of skin tag. We used Mann Whitrey test to examine
the association between HbAlc levels with number and location of skin tag, and
we used Kruskal Wallis test to examine the association between HbAlc levels
with type of skh tag.
Results : In this study, we found association between increased levels of HbAlc
with the occunenc€ of skin tag ( p < 005), but we didn't find association between
HbAlc levels with the number ( p > 0,05) , type (p > 0,05) and location of skin
tag (p > 0,05).
Conclusios : There was ao association between irrcreased levels of HbAlc vrith
the occurrence of skin tag, but there is no association between increased level of
IIbAlc levels with the number, type, and location of skin tag. | en_US |
