Serum Cholesterol Levels and Severity of Aggression

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 270-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Hillbrand ◽  
Hilliard G. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Serum Cholesterol ◽  
Lower Serum ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
Forensic Hospital ◽  
Lower Serum Cholesterol ◽  
Violent Men

Analysis of serum cholesterol levels of 50 men admitted to a forensic hospital for crimes of violence showed 21 more violent men had lower serum cholesterol levels and a smaller range than those for 29 less violent men.

Reply to Letter From Swartz on "Mania and Lower Serum Cholesterol Levels"

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-97
Author(s):  
Ann M. Callahan ◽  
Terence A. Ketter ◽  
Jennifer Crumlish ◽  
Priti Parekh ◽  
David W. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Serum Cholesterol ◽  
Lower Serum ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
Lower Serum Cholesterol

Non-Nutritive Bioactive Constituents of Plants: Phytosterols

2003 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miettinen ◽  
Gylling
Keyword(s):  
Serum Cholesterol ◽  
Cholesterol Absorption ◽  
Plant Sterols ◽  
Bioactive Constituents ◽  
Lower Serum ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
Lower Serum Cholesterol ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Plant Stanol Esters

Normal human diet contains small amounts of phytosterols, mainly sitosterol and campesterol. Intestinal absorption of these plant sterols is low, about one tenth of that of cholesterol, such that their serum concentrations are also low, about 0.1 to 1% of the cholesterol levels. Like cholesterol they are transported by lipoproteins, mainly by LDL, and secreted unchanged in bile. Addition of plant sterols, or especially of their delta-5 saturated derivatives plant stanols into diet as fat-soluble esters inhibit cholesterol absorption and lower serum cholesterol similarly in short-term studies. Long-term consumption of plant stanol esters lowers serum cholesterol to the extent expected to reduce clinical manifestation of coronary heart disease by over 20% without detectable side effecs, cholesterol lowering being especially effective in combination with cholesterol synthesis inhibitors statins.

scholarly journals Schistosoma haematobium infection is associated with lower serum cholesterol levels and improved lipid profile in overweight/obese individuals

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. e0008464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannot F. Zinsou ◽  
Jacqueline J. Janse ◽  
Yabo Y. Honpkehedji ◽  
Jean Claude Dejon-Agobé ◽  
Noemí García-Tardón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Profile ◽  
Serum Cholesterol ◽  
Schistosoma Haematobium ◽  
Lower Serum ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
Lower Serum Cholesterol

Nearly Lethal Resuscitated Suicide Attempters Have No Low Serum Levels of Cholesterol and Triglycerides

2010 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 785-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Pompili ◽  
David Lester ◽  
Marco Innamorati ◽  
Paolo Girardi ◽  
Roberto Tatarelli
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Serum Cholesterol ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Lower Serum ◽  
Lower Serum Cholesterol

To verify the hypothesis that suicide attempts are associated with lower serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels of patients with mood disorders, 26 patients with mood disorders (bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder) were admitted after a medically serious suicide attempt to the emergency department and then hospitalized in the psychiatric unit of the Sant'Andrea Hospital (Rome, Italy). Controls were 87 patients who had not made a recent suicide attempt. Attempters and nonattempters did not differ in the levels of serum cholesterol or triglycerides. Indeed, attempters had nonsignificantly higher serum levels of cholesterol and lower serum levels of triglycerides. The use of biologic indicators such as levels of serum cholesterol and triglycerides in the prediction of suicide risk in mood disorders was not fully supported from this small sample.

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