title: [Lipid profile and psychometric traits in patients with psychosomatic disorders and chronic cerebral ischemia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the correlation of serum cholesterol and triglycerides with psychometric traits in patients with psychosomatic disorders and chronic cerebral ischemia (CCI).
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and ten patients with CCI, aged from 46 to 76 years, were examined. Total cholesterol and triglycerides were measured in the blood. A battery of tests for assessment of cognitive functions and neurotic traits was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The level of cholesterol was higher in patients with post-infarction cardiosclerosis (PICS) compared to patients with CCI without psychosomatic disorders but did not differ from that in patients with gastric ulcer (GU). The level of triglycerides was higher in both groups with psychosomatic disorders, patients with PICS had higher levels compared to patients with GU. No differences between total cholesterol and triglycerides and assessment of cognitive functions in patients of different age were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with psychosomatic disorders had lower cognitive function and higher level of neuroticism. Results of regression analysis indicate that blood contents of cholesterol and triglycerides can be considered as a prognostic factor for cognitive decline.
authors.affiliation: Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Shevcehnko
authors.affiliation: Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Doronin
authors.affiliation: Novosibirsk Research Institute of Physiology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Kuznetsova
authors.affiliation: Novosibirsk Research Institute of Physiology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Amstislavskaya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014280:Triglycerides
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol