The Relationship between Suicide Attempts and Serum Lipids in Patients Admitted with Depression
10.22722/KJPM.2018.26.2.164
- Author:
Sun Hong PARK
1
;
Seung Jun KIM
;
Ji Woong KIM
;
Hong Seok OH
;
Sang Min LEE
;
Jin Yong JUN
;
Woo Young IM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. imwy@kyuh.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Suicide;
Self-mutilating behavior;
Suicide-related behavior;
Serum lipid;
Triglyceride;
Cholesterol
- MeSH:
Agoraphobia;
Anxiety;
Cholesterol;
Depression;
Humans;
Obsessive Behavior;
Risk Factors;
Schizophrenia;
Self-Control;
Suicide;
Triglycerides
- From:Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
2018;26(2):164-171
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Depression is a common mental illness and a major cause of suicide. Although serum lipids have been associated with depression and suicide, there has been much debate. In this study, we investigated the relationship between depression, suicide, and serum lipids in patients admitted with depressed mood. METHODS: A total of 134 subjects were divided into 86 non-suicide patients and 48 suicide attempters. The serum lipid levels and sub-scores of the Korean Symptom Checklist-95 (KSCL95) were compared. We also investigated the relationship between serum lipids and sub-scores of KSCL95 and investigated whether serum lipids were risk factors for suicide attempts. RESULTS: There was no difference in serum lipids between the two groups. Among the sub-items of KSCL95, obsession was higher in non-suicide group. Triglyceride showed positive correlations with anxiety, phobic anxiety, agoraphobia, schizophrenia, and self-regulation problem. High triglyceride was a risk factor for suicide attempts. CONCLUSIONS: Triglyceride is associated with depression, anxiety, and self - regulation, and high serum triglyceride levels may be a risk factor for suicide attempts.
