Citation

Dannon PN, Iancu I, Levin J, Poreh A, Grunhaus L. New Trends Exp. Clin. Psychiatry 1999; 15(1): 29-32.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, CIC edizioni internazionali)

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Abstract

This study reexamined the often cited inverse relationship between cholesterol levels and suicidality in major depressive and panic disorder outpatients. The cholesterol levels of 50 depressed and 53 panic disorder psychiatric outpatients with or without agoraphobia were compared. Patients were matched for their suicide history and demographic background. Overall, panic disorder patients without agoraphobia (n = 27) had significantly lower cholesterol levels than the depressed sample (n = 50). No significant differences regarding cholesterol level was noted in patients with or without previous suicide attempts. The results of the present study are discussed in the context of the role of cholesterol as an intervening variable in suicide risk and future directions for research are suggested.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; agoraphobia; Agoraphobia; article; cholesterol; Cholesterol; cholesterol blood level; cholesterol metabolism; controlled study; correlation function; depression; female; human; major clinical study; Major depression (MDD); male; panic; Panic disorder (PD); risk factor; suicide attempt; Suicide attempts