The links between low LDL-C levels and psychologic symptoms (psychotic disorders, mood disorders, aggressivity, suicidal risk, etc.) and cognitive deficits (mainly executing functioning) are debated. The PARTITION study aims at estimating the prevalence of hypobetalipoproteinemia (HBL), defined as a LDL-C level ≤ 0,50 g/L, in a psychiatric population.
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Evaluation of primary hypobetalipoproteinemia prevalence defined by a spontaneously low level of LDL-C
Timeframe: at baseline (admission at the hospital)