TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Serum cholesterol levels preceding to suicide death in Japanese workers: a nested case-control study
JO  - Acta neuropsychiatrica
A1  - Chen, Sanmei
A1  - Mizoue, Tetsuya
A1  - Hu, Huanhuan
A1  - Kuwahara, Keisuke
A1  - Honda, Toru
A1  - Yamamoto, Shuichiro
A1  - Nakagawa, Tohru
A1  - Miyamoto, Toshiaki
A1  - Okazaki, Hiroko
A1  - Shimizu, Makiko
A1  - Murakami, Taizo
A1  - Eguchi, Masafumi
A1  - Kochi, Takeshi
A1  - Yamamoto, Makoto
A1  - Ogasawara, Takayuki
A1  - Sasaki, Naoko
A1  - Uehara, Akihiko
A1  - Imai, Teppei
A1  - Nishihara, Akiko
A1  - Hori, Ai
A1  - Nagahama, Satsue
A1  - Tomita, Kentaro
A1  - Konishi, Maki
A1  - Kabe, Isamu
A1  - Dohi, Seitaro
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0924-2708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/neu.2019.26
ID  - ref1
ER  -