Jalal ShakeriVahid FarniaKatayoun ValiniaAmir Hossein HashemianHafez BajoghliEdith Holsboer-TrachslerSerge BrandKermanshah University of Medical SciencesTehran University of Medical SciencesMahidol UniversityUniversitaren Psychiatrischen Kliniken BaselUniversitat Basel2018-11-232018-11-232015-06-01International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. Vol.19, No.2 (2015), 124-13114711788136515012-s2.0-84929075494https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/36425© 2014 Informa Healthcare. Objectives. To assess the relationship between lifetime suicide attempts (SAs), serum lipid values, and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with bipolar disorders (BPD). Methods. Eighty patients with BPD took part in the study (M = 40.60 years). After psychiatric diagnosis, demographic data, SAs, and serum lipids were measured and MetS was calculated. Results. 70% reported at least one suicide attempt. 52.5% suffered from MetS. Suicide attempters had higher cholesterol values. SAs were associated with a family history of suicide, current mood state, and lower educational level. SAs were unrelated to MetS. Conclusions. In patients with BPD, against expectations, the occurrence of SAs was associated with higher cholesterol values. Serum lipid values are not suitable as a biological trait marker to predict SAs.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.3109/13651501.2014.988271