title: Total serum cholesterol levels and suicide attempts in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Plana
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gracia
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pintor
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lazaro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castro-Fornieles
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol