Cholesterol levels in panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and major depression.
Serum plasma total cholesterol levels were measured in 85 male or female outpatients with panic disorder (PD; N=41), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD; N=23) and major depression (MD; N=21) according to DSM-IV criteria. All the patients had a mean cholesterol level within the normal range; males (N=22) and females (N=63) had approximately the same serum cholesterol levels (p >.05). No significant differences in cholesterol levels emerged between PD, GAD and MD patient groups. Both female PD and female GAD subjects had a mean cholesterol level similar to their male counterparts (p>. 05). It is concluded that both Hayward and colleagues and Bajwa et al. findings could not be replicated by our study.
Department of Psychiatry, State University of Campinas, Brazil. lacerda@mpc.com.br
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D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003863:Depression / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000097:blood*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D002784:Cholesterol