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Suicidal behaviors: Relationship with body mass index and serological indicators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

G. Esgalhado  and
I. Costa
G. Esgalhado*
Affiliation:
Psychology And Education, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
I. Costa
Affiliation:
Psychology And Education, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Current research has demonstrated associations between variables of a biomedical nature with the presence of psychological indicators.

Objectives

To analyze the relationship between levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and Body Mass Index (BMI) with suicidal behaviors, on a non-smoking sample, without women who take birth control pills and participants without depressive pathologyTo analyze the relationship between levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and Body Mass Index (BMI) with suicidal behaviors, on a non-smoking sample, without women who take birth control pills and participants without depressive pathology.

Methods

We used a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire - revised (SBQ-R) to evaluate the suicide ideation, suicide attempt and the probability of committing suicide. The sample is composed of 166 participants with ages between 18 and 89-years-old, 54.2% are men and 45.8% are women.

Results

We observed a weak association between serological indicators with some components of suicidal behaviors. It is also observed that higher cholesterol levels are associated with a higher probability of suicide; normal BMI is related to an increase of suicidal ideation; and the age group of 41 to 89 years-old presents a higher probability of committing suicide.

Conclusions

It is further concluded that age, gender, marital status, place of residence, education and professional status are significantly associated with suicidality. Yet, the influence of cholesterol, triglycerides, and BMI levels on suicide behaviors was not supported.

Keywords

Total cholesterolTriglyceridesBMISuicidal behaviors.
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S590
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