Total serum cholesterol levels and suicide attempts in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients.
Associations between cholesterol and suicidal behavior in adolescent patients have not been explored in depth. In this study, 66 patients consecutively admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit following attempted suicide were compared with a control group of 54 patients with no history of suicide attempts. The age range of the sample was from 8 to 18 years old. Cholesterol levels were significantly lower in attempted suicide patients than in controls (p < 0.02), supporting the hypothesis that lower cholesterol levels might be associated with suicidal behavior in patients with similar acute phase of their disorder.
Plana
Teresa
T
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology Department, Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBER-SAM), C/Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain. mtplana@clinic.ub.es
Gracia
R
R
Méndez
I
I
Pintor
L
L
Lazaro
L
L
Castro-Fornieles
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology; D012016:Reference Values; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*
D002784:Cholesterol