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Low cholesterol and violent crime.

B A Golomb1, H Stattin, S Mednick

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 92093-0995, USA. bgolomb@ucsd.edu

Journal of Psychiatric Research
|December 6, 2000
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Low cholesterol levels are linked to a higher risk of committing violent crimes. This study found that individuals with lower cholesterol were more likely to engage in violent criminal behavior.

Area of Science:

  • Biomedical research
  • Criminology
  • Public health

Background:

  • Previous studies suggest a link between low cholesterol and violent death or aggression in primates.
  • This research investigates the association between cholesterol levels and violent crime commission in humans.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if cholesterol levels are associated with the commission of violent crimes against others.
  • To analyze this relationship in a large community cohort.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort of 79,777 Swedish adults had their cholesterol levels measured.
  • Arrest records for violent crimes were merged with cholesterol data.
  • A nested case-control study compared cholesterol levels in violent offenders to matched non-offenders.

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Main Results:

  • Individuals with criminal violence had significantly lower cholesterol levels than controls.
  • Low cholesterol was strongly associated with criminal violence in unadjusted analyses.
  • After adjusting for age, sex, education, and alcohol use, the association remained significant.

Conclusions:

  • Low cholesterol is associated with an increased risk of subsequent criminal violence.
  • This finding holds true even after accounting for potential confounding factors.