Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 42 3 2004 06 15 185 187 N. Sheikh A. Farhadi Nasab M. Araghchian Kh. Mani Kashani 2015 09 28 Despite the fact that most people are worried about having high cholesterol levels, low cholesterol may actually be associated with adverse behavioral effects such as aggression and depression. The aim of this survey was to show whether there was a significant relationship between cholesterol and triglyceride with depression. The level of cholesterol and triglyceride was measured in 80 depressed patients referred or admitted to Sina hospital whose depressive symptoms were assessed by DSM IV criteria. The control group comprised of normal subjects. Cholesterol and triglyceride measurements were done on blood samples of the two groups. There was no significant relationship between age, sex and triglyceride levels with depression (P>0.05), but there was a significant relationship between low cholesterol and depression (P https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/2717 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/2717/2699