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BLOOD DERIVED INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN COMPLETED SUICIDE: RESULTS FROM A CASE-CONTROL STUDY
Eberhard A Deisenhammer1, Kim Lara Kammerer1, Imrich Blasko1
1Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Medical Psychology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Abstract:
It has been suggested that suicidal behavior may be associated with inflammatory processes. Several studies found altered blood count derived markers in suicide attempters. This study evaluated the potential association of inflammatory factors with completed suicide. Data of in-patient and post-discharge suicide cases and matched controls were obtained from a preexisting data file. Blood count values with a focus on inflammatory parameters were compared. None of the blood count and inflammatory parameters assessed differed significantly between groups. Previous indications of an association of blood count derived inflammatory factors with attempted suicide were not replicated in completed suicides.
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