Low cholesterol concentrations and cholesterol-lowering therapies have been suggested to be associated with increased suicidality. This article examined the association of cholesterol, triglycerides, and body-mass index (BMI) with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Findings are based on a nationally representative community sample of n = 4,181 subjects (18–65 years) examined with a standardized diagnostic interview (CIDI) for (DSM-IV) mental disorders. Controlling for age and gender the study revealed a moderate positive association between cholesterol, triglycerides, BMI, and suicide attempts in subjects with depressive symptoms during the past 12 months (n = 1,205). The results of this study are compatible with two recent epidemiological cohort studies showing a positive association between cholesterol and completed suicide.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:27053 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Brunner, Jürgen, Bronisch, Thomas, Pfister, Hildegard, Jacobi, Frank, Höfler, Michael, Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich |
| Publisher | Technische Universität Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Source | Archives of Suicide Research, Bd.10 (2006), Nr. 1, S. 1-9, ISSN: 1381-1118 |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 10.1080/13811110500318083 |
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