“…Case-control and cross-sectional studies have demonstrated lower cholesterol levels in patients admitted following suicide attempts compared to those admitted without an attempt (Takei et al, 1994;Kunugi et al, 1997;Papassotiropoulos et al, 1999;Garland et al, 2000;Sarchiapone et al, 2001;Guillem et al, 2002;Kim et al, 2002;Lee and Kim, 2003). Comparisons of suicide attempters to well controls have yielded similar results (Gallerani et al, 1995;Alvarez et al, 1999;Sarchiapone et al, 2000;Atmaca et al, 2002b;Kim et al,, 2002;Tripodianakis et al, 2002;Lee and Kim, 2003).…”