Serum lipid concentrations in patients with major depressive disorder
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait.
Abstract
This study compared the serum lipid concentrations in 100 patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) with those from 100 matched healthy controls. It was found that the serum total cholesterol concentration in patients with MDD (5.27 +/- 1.18 mmol/L) was significantly lower than the value (6.63 +/- 1.32 mmol/L) in sex-, age-, and weight-matched healthy controls. This significant decrease in serum cholesterol in patients with MDD was noted in both sexes and in all age groups. Patients with MDD, however, had significantly higher HDL cholesterol than matched controls. There were no statistically significant differences in serum concentrations of triglycerides, apolipoprotein (Apo) A1, Apo B, transferrin, and albumin between patients and controls. Clinical recovery of patients with MDD was accompanied by a significant increase in serum total cholesterol from 5.27 +/- 1.18 mmol/L to 6.12 +/- 1.2 mmol/L. These results suggest an association between low serum total cholesterol and depression in both sexes and at all age groups.
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