Citation

Jones A, Johnson ZC, Robinson JD, Ybarra MA. J. Clin. Psychol. Med. Settings 1998; 5(3): 249-258.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/A:1026297902192

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Although serum cholesterol has for several decades been linked to atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, cardiovascular primary prevention studies that have resulted in low or lowered cholesterol have not reduced total mortality. This finding may be due in part to an increase in mortality from suicides, homicides, and accidents among people with low or lowered serum cholesterol. This article attempts to review the literature on cholesterol and aggressive behavior, examines possible links connecting the two, and suggests an ethnocultural perspective to these connections.

Language: en

Keywords

Aggression; Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Culture; Ethnicity