title: The relationship between lifetime suicide attempts, serum lipid levels, and metabolic syndrome in patients with bipolar disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the relationship between lifetime suicide attempts (SAs), serum lipid values, and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with bipolar disorders (BPD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty patients with BPD took part in the study (M = 40.60 years). After psychiatric diagnosis, demographic data, SAs, and serum lipids were measured and MetS was calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  70% reported at least one suicide attempt. 52.5% suffered from MetS. Suicide attempters had higher cholesterol values. SAs were associated with a family history of suicide, current mood state, and lower educational level. SAs were unrelated to MetS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with BPD, against expectations, the occurrence of SAs was associated with higher cholesterol values. Serum lipid values are not suitable as a biological trait marker to predict SAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah , Iran.
authors.forename: Jalal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shakeri
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Farnia
authors.forename: Katayoun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Valinia
authors.forename: Amir Hossein
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hashemian
authors.forename: Hafez
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bajoghli
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Holsboer-Trachsler
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
keywords: Lifetime suicide attempts; bipolar disorder; metabolic syndrome; serum lipid profiles