title: Recurrent suicide attempt and female hormones.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Because of more frequency of suicidal attempts in females, we need to study about its relationship with the female hormones. The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum estrogen and progesterone concentration and their relationship with suicidal attempt ranking in the attempted females.
  
  
  METHODS
  The studied cases chose from patients who had referred to clinical toxicology emergency of Noor Hospital (Isfahan, Iran), during 2012, because of suicidal attempt. The estrogen and progesterone serum level of the 111 females were measured during 24 hours after suicidal attempt. The rank of their suicide, the demographic properties, and the menstrual cycle phase of them were also registered, as the patient's statement. The results were analyzed by ANCOVA and Kruscal-Wallis under SPSS16.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean serum concentration of the estrogen was 76.8 pg/mL, and the mean serum concentration of progesterone was 2.99 ng/mL. Of them, 62.2% were in the luteal phase, and 37.8% were in the follicular phase, as they said. The serum progesterone concentration of the patients with more than two times suicidal attempts was significantly higher than the others.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The suicidal attempt ranks significantly related to the serum progesterone concentration and the luteal phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences Reseach Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Ghafur
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Mousavi
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Sciences Reseach Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Shima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bateni
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Maracy
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Farahnaz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mardanian
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Sciences Reseach Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyedeh Hakimeh
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Mousavi
keywords: Estrogen; progesterone; suicidal attempt