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).
As indicated these causes of high triglycerides run in families. All of them result in abnormal balances of HDL, LDL and triglycerides. Pregnancy, in addition to other more obvious inconveniences, normally causes cholesterol and triglyceride levels to rise. They peak in the third trimester.