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).
Because they are insoluble in water, the triglycerides are transported with other more polar lipids. Elevated triglyceride measurements are associated with diabetes mellitus, pancreatitis, alcoholism, glycogen storage disease, hypothyroidism, nephrosis, pregnancy, use of oral contraceptives and gout.