Serum cholesterol concentrations in parasuicide
- 23 September 1995
- Vol. 311 (7008) , 807
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.7008.807a
Abstract
Depression may cause low cholestero EDITOR,--Massimo Gallerani and colleagues report low serum cholesterol concentrations in people who attempt suicide.1 Their findings are consistent with those of our systematic review of the possible hazards of lowering serum cholesterol.2 The question is whether the association arises because a low serum cholesterol concentration causes depression and so causes suicide or because a low serum cholesterol concentration is …Keywords
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