Low serum cholesterol concentration and serotonin metabolism in men

A relationship between low serum cholesterol concentrations and risk of death from violent causes, especially suicide, has been found. A role for serotonin metabolism has been suggested to explain the possible association between low cholesterol and violent death.

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Published inBMJ Vol. 312; no. 7025; p. 221
Main Authors Steegmans, Paul H A, Fekkes, Durk, Hoes, Arno W, Bak, Annette A A, Does, Emiel van der, Grobbee, Diederick E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 27.01.1996
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
BMJ Publishing Group
BMJ Group
EditionInternational edition
Subjects
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Amino acid metabolism
Biological and medical sciences
Blood plasma
Cholesterol
Cholesterol - blood
Cholesterol metabolism
Cholesterols
Death & dying
Depressive disorders
Humans
Male
Medical research
Medical sciences
Men
Metabolic diseases
Metabolism
Middle Aged
Platelets
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Serotonin - metabolism
Serum cholesterol
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
Human
Serotonin
Hypocholesterolemia
Risk factor
Metabolic diseases
Adult
Lipids
Male
Metabolism
Suicide
Psychiatry
Cholesterol
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Summary:A relationship between low serum cholesterol concentrations and risk of death from violent causes, especially suicide, has been found. A role for serotonin metabolism has been suggested to explain the possible association between low cholesterol and violent death.
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Correspondence to: Professor Grobbee.
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ISSN:0959-8138
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1468-5833
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DOI:10.1136/bmj.312.7025.221