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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2022

Comparison of lithium levels between suicide and non-suicide fatalities: Cross-sectional study.

Shuntaro Ando, Hideto Suzuki, Takehisa Matsukawa, Satoshi Usami, Hisanori Muramatsu, Tatsushige Fukunaga, Kazuhito Yokoyama, Yuji Okazaki, Atsushi Nishida

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Article in Translational psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Shuntaro Ando *Research Center for Social Science and Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan. sandou-tky@umin.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1595-693X
Hideto Suzuki *Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office, 4-21-18 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-0012, Japan.
Takehisa Matsukawa *Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Satoshi UsamiGraduate school of Education, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Hisanori MuramatsuTokyo Medical Examiner's Office, 4-21-18 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-0012, Japan.
Tatsushige FukunagaNational Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-0882, Japan.
Kazuhito YokoyamaDepartment of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Yuji OkazakiMichinoo Hospital, 1-1 Nijigaoka, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki, 852-8055, Japan.
Atsushi NishidaResearch Center for Social Science and Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan.
Juntendo University · JPOtsuka (Japan) · JPTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science · JPNational Research Institute of Police Science · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ecological studies have suggested the protective effect of micro-dose lithium in drinking water against suicide, however, the association between body lithium level and suicide is unknown. We aimed to compare body lithium levels between suicide and non-suicide fatalities. This cross-sectional study included 12 suicides and 16 non-suicides who were examined or dissected at the Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office from March 2018 to June 2021. The aqueous humor lithium concentration was measured twice using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to compare the lithium concentration between suicides and non-suicides. Mixed-effects model was conducted to account for all lithium concentration data. The aqueous humor lithium concentration did not change after death (t(7) = -0.70, [Formula: see text], SE = 0.03, 95% CI = [-0.09, 0.05], P = 0.51, Cohen's d = 0.01). The aqueous humor lithium concentration was lower in suicides (mean 0.50 μg/L (variance s

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Drinking WaterLithiumCross-Sectional StudiesHumansTokyoDrinking WaterLithium

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