Previous
theories
have
suggested
that
a
localized
paucity
____________________
elastic
tissue
may
result
in
sessile
or
atrophic
____________________
.
It
is
also
thought
that
pendulous
variations
may
be
____________________
by
losses
of
large
confluent
areas
of
elastin
;
____________________
,
a
1999
study
of
elastic
tissue
in
fibroepithelial
polyps
(
FEPs
)
showed
no
significant
abnormalities
.
A
cross
-
sectional
study
of
adult
patients
at
a
university
____________________
hospital
,
including
98
patients
and
103
controls
,
found
that
the
____________________
of
multiple
skin
tags
was
strongly
associated
____________________
insulin
resistance
,
irrespective
of
other
risk
factors
.
In
another
survey
,
113
patients
with
skin
____________________
and
31
healthy
subjects
were
evaluated
.
This
work
linked
obesity
,
____________________
,
hypertension
,
insulin
resistance
,
and
elevated
high
-
sensitive
C
-
reactive
protein
with
____________________
tags
,
suggesting
they
may
serve
as
a
marker
of
____________________
risk
of
atherosclerosis
and
cardiovascular
disease
.
