DEBASISH SANYAL, M.B.B.S., Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, Calcutta Medical College, Calcutta.
Indian J Psychiatry. 1998 Jul;40(3):212-6.
The study applies the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-60) to 50 consecutive patients attending Psychiatry-O.P.D., Medical College, Calcutta provided they meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects were between 15 to 55 years, literate, and did not have any physical disease or condition specially those which can alter serum cholesterol level. Every patient was physically examined and interviewed. Subjects scoring less than 11 on GHQ were taken to have no psychiatric disease. Serum cholesterol level of these subjects was contrasted with subjects scoring 11 or more on GHQ, who were considered to have psychiatric diagnosis. The study showed that male psychiatric patients had statistically significant lower serum cholesterol than normal subjects while no significant lowering was observed in female psychiatric patients.
该研究采用一般健康问卷（GHQ-60）对 50 名连续就诊于加尔各答医学院精神科门诊的患者进行评估，前提是他们符合纳入和排除标准。受试者年龄在 15 至 55 岁之间，有文化，没有任何躯体疾病或特殊情况，这些疾病或情况可能会改变血清胆固醇水平。对每位患者都进行了体格检查和访谈。GHQ 评分低于 11 的患者被认为没有精神疾病。这些患者的血清胆固醇水平与 GHQ 评分在 11 分或以上的患者进行了对比，后者被认为有精神科诊断。研究表明，男性精神科患者的血清胆固醇水平明显低于正常人群，而女性精神科患者则没有观察到明显的降低。
