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The most common cause of an elevated triglyceride level is a non-fasting specimen. There are many, common and uncommon causes of high blood triglycerides, including dietary indiscretion, metabolic disease, drugs, or rare genetic mutation of an enzyme in the lipid metabolism pathway (type I hyperlipoproteinemia).
A number of factors can cause elevated triglyceride levels in children, reports the University of Rochester Medical Center. Chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, and kidney and liver disease, are all associated with the development of abnormal triglycerides.n fact, the American Heart Association notes that current rates of overweight and obese children and adolescents have tripled in the last 50 years. It should come as no surprise, then, that some children have begun to develop chronic health conditions -- like high triglyceride levels -- much earlier than expected.