Citation

Messaoud A, Mensi R, Mhalla A, Hallara I, Neffati F, Douki W, Najjar MF, Gaha L. Encephale (1974) 2018; 44(4): 315-320.

Vernacular Title

Dyslipidémie et risque suicidaire chez des patients avec maladies psychiatriques.

Affiliation

Service de psychiatrie, laboratoire de recherche « vulnérabilité aux psychoses LR 05 ES 10 », hôpital universitaire de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Masson Editeur)

DOI

10.1016/j.encep.2017.03.008

PMID

28583656

Abstract

The aim of this work is to study the association between dyslipidemia and suicidal risk in patients with psychiatric pathology. Our study has involved 155 patients suffering from major depressive disorder and 124 schizophrenic patients aged 40.58±12.16 and 43.43±10.60 years, respectively. Total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG) and HDL-c were determined by enzymatic methods, LDL-c was calculated by the Friedewald formula. Plasma cholesterol level was significantly lower among suicidal schizophrenic or depressive patients. There were no significant differences in the others lipid levels. The results of our study suggest that total cholesterol values less than 3.59mmol/L could be an indicator of suicide vulnerability in patients with schizophrenia or major depressive disorder.

Copyright © 2017 L'Encéphale, Paris. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Language: fr

Keywords

Dyslipidemia; Dyslipidémie; Pathologies psychiatriques; Psychiatric pathology; Risque suicidaire; Suicidal risk