@article{ref1,
title="No evidence for metabolic syndrome and lipid profile differences in patients suffering from bipolar I disorder with and without suicide attempts",
journal="International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice",
year="2015",
author="Ahmadpanah, Mohammad and Haghighi, Mohammad and Jahangard, Leila and Borzoei, Shiva and Heshmati, Safora and Bajoghli, Hafez and Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith and Brand, Serge",
volume="19",
number="3",
pages="168-173",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to provide further evidence of 1) metabolic syndrome and blood lipids differences between suicide attempting and non-attempting patients with bipolar I disorder (BPD) and 2) as a function of acute depressive or manic phase. <br><br>METHODS: Fifty inpatients (mean age: 36.14: 48% males) with bipolar I disorder took part in the study. After recruitment, patients were clustered in four groups: 13 suicide attempters (SAs) assessed during a manic phase, 12 SAs assessed during a depressive phase; 15 non-SAs assessed during a manic phase, and 10 non-SAs assessed during a depressive phase. BMI, metabolic syndrome, blood pressure, blood lipids (cholesterol, high- und low-density lipids, triglyceride), and fasting blood sugar were assessed. <br><br>RESULTS: Neither metabolic syndrome, blood lipid values, fasting blood sugar, nor BMI or blood pressure differed between the SAs and non-SAs, or between patients in an acute manic phase and those in a depressed phase. The overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 26.0%. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Among patients with BPD I neither the occurrence of metabolic syndrome, nor lipid values or fasting blood sugar are reliable biomarkers of suicidal behavior during either acute depressive or manic phases.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1365-1501",
doi="10.3109/13651501.2015.1049277",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13651501.2015.1049277"
}