TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Cholesterol serum levels in violent and non-violent young male schizophrenic suicide attempters
JO  - Psychiatria Danubina
A1  - Marčinko, D.
A1  - Martinac, M.
A1  - Karlović, D.
A1  - Lončar, Č.
SP  - 161
EP  - 164
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
N2  - Our prospective study used a case-control design to compare serum total cholesterol concentration, in young males with schizophrenia (DSM-IV) after non-violent (n - 13) suicide attempts and violent suicide attempts (n - 13), also included non-suicidal controls, also with diagnosis of schizophrenia (n - 13). Patients with a diagnosis of alcohol abuse and with cholesterol-lowering therapy were excluded. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether men after a violent suicide attempts have different serum cholesterol concentrations than those who attempted suicide by non-violent methods. Using the Scheffé test, a significant difference in serum cholesterol (p=0.01) was revealed between the group of violent and non-violent suicide attempters and between the violent suicide attempters and the control group (p<0.01). Our findings suggest that low levels of cholesterol are associated with increased tendency for impulsive behavior and aggression and contribute to a more violent pattern of suicidal behavior. © Medicinska naklada - Zagreb, Croatia.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0353-5053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -