Body mass index and plasma leptin in psychiatric suicide attempters.

CONCLUSION: BMI and plasma leptin in psychiatric suicide attempters are elevated in certain diagnostic groups in females, not related to previous pharmacologic treatment. The lack of a control group without a history of suicide attempts does not allow the attribution of enhanced leptin secreting activity found in female bipolar attempters specifically to suicidal behavior or to the disorder as a diagnostic entity. PMID: 29106793 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29106793?dopt=Abstract

Source: Neuroendocrinology Letters - November 8, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Neuro Endocrinol Lett Source Type: research