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Hypercholesterolemia in Asperger syndrome: independence from lifestyle, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and social anxiety.

Dziobek I, Gold SM, Wolf OT, Convit A

Center for Brain Health, HN-400, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.

We report on elevated total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels in 22 individuals with Asperger syndrome compared with well-matched controls, after accounting for lifestyle variables and clinical symptomatology that could affect them. A potential role for dyslipidemia in the pathogenesis of some forms of autism is discussed.

Published 22 January 2007 in Psychiatry Res, 149(1): 321-4.
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