TY - JOUR PY - 2004// TI - [Suicidal ideations and the level of blood cholesterol] JO - Iranian journal of psychiatry and clinical psychology A1 - S. Chamanazad, Shahri A1 - S. k., Malakooti A1 - S. m., Hassanzadeh SP - 135 EP - 139 VL - 10 IS - 1-2 N2 - This project compared the level of blood cholesterol in hospitalized psychiatric patients with suicidal ideations with that of similar patients with no suicidal thoughts. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the level of blood cholesterol of 374 patients [247 males, 127 females] admitted at Iran Psychiatric Education-Treatment Center was evaluated. The patients were divided in two groups of patients with and without suicidal ideations; the level of their respective blood cholesterol was compared with one another. These subjects had been hospitalized with the diagnosis of schizophrenia [157 patients], bipolar [192 patients], major depression [68 patients], and other psychiatric disorders. To analyze the data, t-statistical test was used. There was no significant difference between suicidal with non-suicidal patients' level of basal cholesterol. Level of blood cholesterol probably is not a biological marker, or a risk factor for suicide in hospitalized psychiatric patients

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