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).
Older women tend to have higher triglyceride levels. Triglycerides go up due to being overweight/obese, physical inactivity, cigarette smoking, excess alcohol consumption, other diseases such as type 2 diabetes, some drugs, genetic factors, and/or a diet very high in carbohydrates (60 percent or more of calories).