title: No evidence for metabolic syndrome and lipid profile differences in patients suffering from bipolar I disorder with and without suicide attempts.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to provide further evidence of (1) metabolic syndrome and blood lipid profile differences between suicide attempting and non-attempting patients with bipolar disorder (BPD) I and to assess these differences (2) as a function of acute depressive or manic phase.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty inpatients (mean age: 36.14 years 48% males) with BPD I took part in the study. After recruitment, patients were clustered in four groups: 13 suicide attempters (SAs) assessed during a manic phase, 12 SAs assessed during a depressive phase, 15 non-SAs assessed during a manic phase, and 10 non-SAs assessed during a depressive phase. Body mass index (BMI), metabolic syndrome, blood pressure, blood lipids (cholesterol, high- and low-density lipids, and triglyceride), and fasting blood sugar were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neither metabolic syndrome, blood lipid values, fasting blood sugar, nor BMI or blood pressure differed between the SAs and non-SAs, or between patients in an acute manic phase and those in a depressed phase. The overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 26.0%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among patients with BPD I neither the occurrence of metabolic syndrome nor lipid values or fasting blood sugar are reliable biomarkers of suicidal behavior during either acute depressive or manic phase.
authors.affiliation: a Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse, Hamadan University of Medial Sciences , Hamadan , Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmadpanah
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haghighi
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jahangard
authors.forename: Shiva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borzoei
authors.forename: Safora
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heshmati
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 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids
keywords: Metabolic syndrome; acute phase; bipolar disorder; fasting blood sugar; lipid values; suicide