Article
Lower degree of esterification of serum cholesterol in depression: relevance for depression and suicide research.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 1994
Maes M, Delanghe J, Meltzer H Y, Scharpé S, D'Hondt P, Cosyns P
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested that depression and suicide are related to alterations in total cholesterol serum concentrations, and that an altered distribution of haptoglobin (Hp) phenotypes in major depression indicates that variation on chromosome 16 may be associated with that illness. Leci...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol Esters
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Haptoglobins
- Humans
- Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Personality Inventory
- Phenotype
- Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase
- Risk Factors
- Suicide
- Suicide Prevention