Serum lipid concentrations in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients with and without panic attacks.
OBJECTIVE
To examine serum lipid levels in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and to test whether panic symptoms affect lipid concentrations in OCD patients.


METHODS
We assessed 33 OCD patients and 33 healthy control subjects matched for sex and age.


RESULTS
OCD patients had higher low-density lipoprotein, very-low-density lipoprotein, and tryglyceride levels, but lower high-density lipoprotein levels, than normal control subjects. We also found that only OCD patients with panic attacks had higher serum lipid concentrations, compared with normal control subjects. Serum lipid levels of pure OCD patients did not differ from control values.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest that high serum lipid concentrations are related to panic anxiety rather than other symptoms of the illness.
Agargun
Mehmet Yucel
MY
Yuzuncu Yil University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Research Center, Van, Turkey. myagargun@kure.com.tr
Dulger
Haluk
H
Inci
Rifat
R
Kara
Hayrettin
H
Ozer
Omer Akil
OA
Sekeroglu
Mehmet Ramazan
MR
Besiroglu
Lutfullah
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol