Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

A Study of Association Between Psychiatric Disorders Like Schizophrenia and the Lipid Levels.

Ravi Yadav, Pranay Gandhi, Manju J. Loya

Abstract :

Background: Many studies have related low cholesterol with different psychiatric disorders. Hence, we intend to

see the possible link between the two.
Aim: To study the association between lipid profile and psychiatric disorders.
Materials and Methods: Patients attending the civil hospital, Psychiatry clinic in the month of January 2013 and whose lipid profile data
before the start of treatment is available.
Design: Descriptive study. The patients were classified into Neurotic and Psychotic spectrum after being diagnosed with the psychiatric diseases based on International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD10) by a Psychiatrist. There lipid profile (Total cholesterol; LDL=Low
Density Lipoprotein; HDL=High Density Lipoprotein; TAG=Triacylglycerol) were estimated before the initiation of anti-psychotic treatment.
Results: The lipid profile values though showed some statistically significant association between the psychotic and neurotic spectrum, there
was no statistical significance between the low lipid profile and different psychiatric diseases.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Ravi Yadav, Pranay Gandhi, Manju J. Loya A Study of Association Between Psychiatric Disorders Like Schizophrenia and the Lipid Levels. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 4 April 2015


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