The average length of jumps during saltation corresponds to the wavelength, or distance between adjacent crests, of the ripples.
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).
Causes of Raised Triglyceride Levels. Most of the fat ingested in a 'normal' unhealthy diet is in the form of TG4. The relationship between a high fat diet and CHD incidence has been proven in epidemiological studies. The most common type II dyslipidemia is caused by over-production of endogenous TGs from free fatty acid (FA) by the liver.