title: Cholesterol metabolism and violence: a study of individuals convicted of violent crimes.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Argyll and Bute Hospital, Lochgilphead.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Corrigan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strathdee
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: van Rhijn
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Horrobin
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D002784:Cholesterol