Serum cholesterol, triglyceride and suicide in depressed patients. results of a controlled group comparison of depressed patients who committed violent suicide with non-suicidal depressives and lower backpain patients

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Serum cholesterol, triglyceride and suicide in depressed patients. results of a controlled group comparison of depressed patients who committed violent suicide with non-suicidal depressives and lower backpain patients
Citation	Wolfersdorf MG, Michelsen AK, Keller F, Maier V, Froscher W, Kaschka WP. Arch. Suicide Res. 1996; 2(3): 161-170.
Affiliation	Department of Psychiatry I, University of Ulm, Zentrum fur Psychiatrie Weissenau, D-88214 Ravensburg, Germany
Copyright	(Copyright © 1996, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)
DOI	unavailable
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Abstract	After a short review of the literature concerning a possible relationship between lowered levels of serum cholesterol and suicidal behaviour, the results of a controlled group comparison of depressed inpatients who died by violent suicide (5 women, 6 men, ICD-9: 296.1, 300.4, 296.3, DSM-III-R MD; age 34-57 yrs), with a group of non-suicidal depressed patients and backpain patients without any psychiatric symptoms, of evenly matched age and sex, are reported. No significant differences were found between the groups with regard to the amount of serum cholesterol and serum triglyceride.