Key result
Serum cholesterol levels did not significantly differ between outpatients with panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depression, nor between males and females (p>0.05).
Why the study?
Are there differences in serum cholesterol levels among outpatients with panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depression?
Cross-Sectional (n=85)
Are there differences in serum cholesterol levels among outpatients with panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depression?
p-value: p=>.05
This study found no significant differences in serum cholesterol levels among patients with panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depression, failing to replicate previous findings.
Normal cholesterol levels without group differences in PD, GAD, and MD warrant no targeted interventions; leaves open cardiometabolic associations.
Serum plasma total cholesterol levels were measured in 85 male or female outpatients with panic disorder (PD; N=41), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD; N=23) and major depression (MD; N=21) according to DSM-IV criteria. All the patients had a mean cholesterol level within the normal range; males (N=22) and females (N=63) had approximately the same serum cholesterol levels (p >.05). No significant differences in cholesterol levels emerged between PD, GAD and MD patient groups. Both female PD and female GAD subjects had a mean cholesterol level similar to their male counterparts (p>. 05). It is concluded that both Hayward and colleagues and Bajwa et al. findings could not be replicated by our study.
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Lacerda et al. (2000) conducted a cross-sectional in Panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depression (n=85). Psychiatric diagnosis (panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depression) vs. Between psychiatric groups and between sexes was evaluated on Serum plasma total cholesterol levels (p=>.05). Serum cholesterol levels did not significantly differ between outpatients with panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depression, nor between males and females (p>0.05).
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