Cross-sectional study of the association between skin tags and vascular risk factors in a bariatric clinic-based cohort of Irish adults with morbid obesity

Table 2 Logistic regression model comparing the influence of various clinical features on the likelihood of having any skin tags versus none, in patients with morbid obesity

Variable	Beta (logit)	S.E.	Exp (Beta)	95% CI	p-value
Sex	2.033	1.060	7.636	[0.957, 60.939]	0.055
Age	0.05	0.027	1.051	[0.997, 1.109]	0.067
Diabetes status	1.515	0.791	4.55	[0.966, 21.439]	0.055
Diabetes status^a	1.357	0.808	3.883	[0.797, 18.906]	0.093
Hypertension status	1.707	0.790	5.511	[1.171, 25.929]	0.031^#
Hypertension status^a	1.316	0.822	3.728	[0.745, 18.666]	0.109
SBP	0.073	0.026	1.075	[1.022, 1.132]	0.005^#
SBP^a	0.064	0.026	1.066	[1.013, 1.122]	0.014^#
HbA1c	0.107	0.05	1.113	[1.01, 1.227]	0.031^#
HbA1c^a	0.082	0.048	1.086	[0.988, 1.194]	0.089
THDLR	0.376	0.338	1.457	[0.752, 2.824]	0.265
THDLR^a	0.271	0.313	1.311	[0.71, 2.418]	0.387

Beta is the logit or estimated log odds of having any skin tags for every one unit rise in the variable measure
Exp (B) is the exponential of Beta. (So for example for every mmHg rise in systolic blood pressure, there is a 7.5% increased likelihood of having skin tags)
S.E standard error for Beta, CI confidence interval, SBP systolic blood pressure, THDLR triglyceride: HDL-cholesterol ratio
^aAdjusted for age and sex
^#p-value < 0.05

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