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Psychosomatic Medicine 33:399-410 (1971)
© 1971 American Psychosomatic Society

Psychologic Correlates of Serum Cholesterol in Man

A Longitudinal Study

CDR RICHARD H. RAHE MC, USNR1, ROBERT T. RUBIN MD1, E. K. GUNDERSON PhD1, and RANSOM J. ARTHUR MC, USN1

1 Fleet Problems and Biochemical Correlates Division, and the Operational Psychiatry Division, US Navy Medical Neuropsychiatric Research Unit San Diego, Calif Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Calif.

Richard H. Rahe, Cdr, MC, USNR, Department of the Navy, Navy Medical NP Research Unit, San Diego, Calif 92152

Correlations between serum cholesterol levels and self-reported intensities of various moods and feelings--namely, motivation, arousal, happiness, depression, anger, fear and lethargy--were investigated in 20 subjects over a 2-month period. Consistent and occasionally significant negative correlations were seen between subjects' serum cholesterol levels and their moods and feelings of motivation, arousal and happiness. Consistent and more frequently significant positive correlations were evidenced between subjects' serum cholesterol concentrations and their moods and feelings of depression, anger, fear and lethargy.

Submitted on December 2, 1970
Revised on February 25, 1971




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