Table 7.
Spearman Correlations among OCD cases (n=40)
| Variables | Serum TG | Serum Cholesterol | Serum HDL | Serum LDL | Serum VLDL | Serum Apolipoprtein A1 | Serum Apolipoprotein B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y-BOCS | rs | -0.11 | -0.22 | -0.19 | -0.05 | -0.10 | -0.09 | 0.08 |
| Obsession | p | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.73 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.59 |
| Y-BOCS | rs | -0.34* | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.01 | -0.27 | 0.11 | -0.32* |
| Compulsion | p | 0.03* | 0.86 | 0.27 | 0.92 | 0.08 | 0.49 | 0.04* |
| Y-BOCS | rs | -0.45** | -0.03 | 0.20 | 0.04 | -0.39* | 0.00 | -0.26 |
| Total | p | <0.01** | 0.84 | 0.21 | 0.78 | 0.01* | 0.98 | 0.09 |
| HDRS | rs | 0.24 | 0.18 | -0.04 | 0.07 | 0.18 | -0.01 | 0.10 |
| p | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 0.25 | 0.93 | 0.52 | |
| HAM A | rs | 0.11 | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.11 | 0.10 | -0.05 | 0.01 |
| p | 0.47 | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.75 | 0.90 | |
| BIS | rs | 0.24 | 0.06 | -0.32* | 0.02 | 0.26 | -0.04 | -0.07 |
| Attention | p | 0.12 | 0.70 | 0.03* | 0.87 | 0.10 | 0.77 | 0.63 |
| BIS | rs | 0.29 | 0.02 | -0.40** | 0.14 | 0.34* | -0.23 | -0.25 |
| Motor | p | 0.06 | 0.90 | 0.01* | 0.36 | 0.03* | 0.13 | 0.10 |
| BIS | rs | 0.25 | -0.15 | -0.36* | 0.08 | 0.31 | -0.15 | -0.19 |
| Non planning | p | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.02* | 0.61 | 0.05 | 0.35 | 0.21 |
| BIS | rs | 0.28 | -0.07 | -0.36* | 0.11 | 0.33* | -0.20 | -0.17 |
| Total | p | 0.07 | 0.65 | 0.01* | 0.48 | 0.03* | 0.21 | 0.27 |
*P<0.05, **P<0.01, rs=Spearman’s correlation coefficient, HDRS=Hamilton depression rating scale, HAM A=Hamilton anxiety rating scale, Y-BOCS=Yale-Brown obsessive compulsive scale, BIS=Barratt’s Impulsiveness scale-11, HDL=High density lipoproteins, LDL=Low density lipoproteins, TG=Triglycerides, VLDL=Very low density lipoproteins