Association of Acrochordon with Body Mass Index: A HospitalBased Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Introduction: Acrochordon, also known as skin tag; can be defined as a common benign skin lesion composed of loose fibrous tissue. With recent lifestyle modification, average BMI has been increasing leading to potential health hazards, including acrochordons. This study is being proposed to analyze the association between number, size and color of acrochordon to body mass index.

Methods: This is an observational Cross sectional study conducted among 146 patients with acrochordon visiting to the Department of Dermatology, Patan Academy of Health Sciences Patan Hospital using a consecutive sampling method. This study was focused on analyzing the association between number, size and color of acrochordon to body mass index. The Fisher’s exact test was used to analyze the association between two categorical variables and statistical significance was set at p value of <0.05.

Results: Among 146 participants, 95 (65.1%) were female, and 51 (34.9%) were male. The mean age was 43.31 (SD 12.73) years, the mean BMI was 29.55 (SD 4.39) .Higher prevalence of acrochordon was seen in obese and pre obese patient. A significant association was observed between color of acrochordon and BMI with no association between number and size of acrochordon to BMI, with p-values of 0.301 and 0.232 respectively.

Conclusion: Study revealed a higher prevalence of acrochordon in obese and pre obese patient with significant association between color of acrochordon and body mass index