@article{ref1,
title="Serum cholesterol levels preceding to suicide death in Japanese workers: a nested case-control study",
journal="Acta neuropsychiatrica",
year="2019",
author="Chen, Sanmei and Mizoue, Tetsuya and Hu, Huanhuan and Kuwahara, Keisuke and Honda, Toru and Yamamoto, Shuichiro and Nakagawa, Tohru and Miyamoto, Toshiaki and Okazaki, Hiroko and Shimizu, Makiko and Murakami, Taizo and Eguchi, Masafumi and Kochi, Takeshi and Yamamoto, Makoto and Ogasawara, Takayuki and Sasaki, Naoko and Uehara, Akihiko and Imai, Teppei and Nishihara, Akiko and Hori, Ai and Nagahama, Satsue and Tomita, Kentaro and Konishi, Maki and Kabe, Isamu and Dohi, Seitaro",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-13",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between suicide death and serum cholesterol levels as measured at times close to suicide death. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted a nested case-control study of 41 cases of suicide deaths and 205 matched controls with serum total cholesterol (TC) levels till three years before suicide death in a large cohort of Japanese workers. <br><br>RESULTS: Individuals in the lowest vs. highest tertile/predefined category of TC in a Japanese working population had a three- to four-fold greater risk of suicide death. Each 10 mg/dL decrement of average TC was associated with an 18% increased chance of suicide death (95% confidence interval, 2-35%). Similar results were found for TC levels at each year. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These results suggest that a low serum TC level in recent past is associated with an increased risk of suicide death.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0924-2708",
doi="10.1017/neu.2019.26",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/neu.2019.26"
}