Cholesterol metabolism and violence: a study of individuals convicted of violent crimes.
To examine the relationship between plasma lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in men with convictions for violent offences, blood was obtained from 15 men with a history of violence who were serving prison sentences for violent offences, and 25 age-matched male controls from the staff of the Argyll and Bute Psychiatric Hospital, who had no criminal records. The two groups did not differ in plasma total cholesterol concentrations, HDL-C, LDL-C, VLDL-C or in HDL subfractions. The most significant differences in the offenders were higher apoprotein AIV (3.62 vs 0.85: p = < 0.000001) and higher apoprotein E (7.70 vs 5.19: p = < 0.0002).
Gray
R F
RF
Argyll and Bute Hospital, Lochgilphead.
Corrigan
F M
FM
Strathdee
A
A
Skinner
E R
ER
van Rhijn
A G
AG
Horrobin
D F
DF
D000328:Adult; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D014754:Violence
D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D002784:Cholesterol