Citation

Lyu CP, Pei JR, Beseler LC, Li YL, Li JH, Ren M, Stallones L, Ren SP. Biomed. Environ. Sci. 2018; 31(3): 242-246.

Affiliation

Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, Jilin, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Publisher Academic Press)

DOI

10.3967/bes2018.031

PMID

29673448

Abstract

A case-control study was conducted to investigate associations between organophosphate pesticide (OP) exposure, aggression, impulsivity, and attempted suicide. Questionnaires were used to collect information; impulsivity and aggression were measured by the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS) and the Aggression Inventory (AI). A greater number of OP symptoms was associated with an increased odds of a suicide attempt after adjusting for marital status and income (OR = 1.45; CI 1.14-1.86). Attempted suicide was significantly associated with high impulsivity scores (means: 72.4 vs. 60.6, P < 0.0001) and high aggression scores (means: 38.5 vs. 26.1, P < 0.0001). Suicide attempters had a higher number of OP exposure symptoms than controls and scored higher on scales of impulsivity and aggression.

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