血清コレステロール,トリグリセリド,および一般人口の攻撃性
F G Fowkes1, G C Leng, P T Donnan
1Wolfson Unit for Prevention of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|October 24, 1992
まとめ
コレステロールではなく,低血清トリグリセリドのレベルは,高齢者の攻撃性と支配的な態度に関連していた. この発見は,トリグリセリドのさらなる研究を示唆し,攻撃的な行動が正当化されています.
科学分野:
- 心血管の健康について
- 行動科学は,行動科学である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- 冠動脈の予防に関する試験では,暴力による死亡や自殺の予期せぬ増加が観察されています.
- これは,低血清コレステロールと,攻撃性や自殺傾向に関連する人格特性の間の潜在的な関連性についての疑問を提起しました.
研究 の 目的:
- 血清脂質濃度と,一般人口の攻撃性や自殺傾向に関連する人格特性の関連性を調査する.
- 低血清コレステロールが,攻撃的行為や自殺行為に誘発する性格の特徴と関連しているかどうかを調べる.
主な方法:
- エジンバラ動脈研究では,ベドフォード・フォールズ・パーソナリティ・デバイアンス・スケールを使用して血清脂質レベルと人格特性を分析した.
- エジンバラの一般診療所からの55歳から74歳の男女1592人のランダムサンプルが参加しました.
主要な成果:
- 血清コレステロールは,男性における攻撃性との有意な関連性を示さなかった. 女性では,多変量分析において,軽蔑的な態度と関連していた.
- 血清トリグリセリド濃度は,他の危険因子とは関係なく,特に男性において,敵対的な行為と支配的な態度と有意に関連していました.
- 予防試験の参加者のトリグリセリド濃度は,一般人よりも高い.
結論:
- コレステロールではなく血清トリグリセリド濃度は,高齢者の攻撃性と支配的な人格の特徴と関連しているようです.
- 血清トリグリセリド濃度と攻撃性の関係については,特に予防試験の参加者におけるトリグリセリド濃度の上昇を考慮すると,さらなる調査が必要である.
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