Editing Hypertriglyceridemia (section)

==Causes==

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* [[Overeating]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Garg A, Grundy SM, Unger RH | title = Comparison of effects of high and low carbohydrate diets on plasma lipoproteins and insulin sensitivity in patients with mild NIDDM | journal = Diabetes | volume = 41 | issue = 10 | pages = 1278–1285 | date = October 1992 | pmid = 1397701 | doi = 10.2337/diabetes.41.10.1278 }}</ref><ref name=Pej2006/>
* [[Obesity]]
* [[Diabetes mellitus]] and [[insulin resistance]] - it is one of the defined components of [[metabolic syndrome]] (along with [[central obesity]], [[hypertension]], and [[hyperglycemia]])
* Excess [[alcohol consumption]]
* [[Kidney failure]], [[nephrotic syndrome]]
* Genetic predisposition; some forms of familial [[hyperlipidemia]] such as familial [[combined hyperlipidemia]] i.e. Type II hyperlipidemia
* [[Lipoprotein lipase deficiency]] - Deficiency of this water-soluble [[enzyme]], that hydrolyzes [[triglyceride]]s in [[lipoprotein]]s, leads to elevated levels of triglycerides in the blood.
* [[Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency]] or [[Cholesteryl ester storage disease]]
* Certain medications e.g. [[isotretinoin]], [[hydrochlorothiazide]] diuretics, [[beta blockers]], [[protease inhibitors]]
* [[Hypothyroidism]] (underactive thyroid)
* [[Lupus]] and associated autoimmune responses <ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Beigneux AP, Miyashita K, Ploug M, Blom DJ, Ai M, Linton MF, Khovidhunkit W, Dufour R, Garg A, McMahon MA, Pullinger CR, Sandoval NP, Hu X, Allan CM, Larsson M, Machida T, Murakami M, Reue K, Tontonoz P, Goldberg IJ, Moulin P, Charrière S, Fong LG, Nakajima K, Young SG | display-authors = 6 | title = Autoantibodies against GPIHBP1 as a Cause of Hypertriglyceridemia | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 376 | issue = 17 | pages = 1647–1658 | date = April 2017 | pmid = 28402248 | pmc = 5555413 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa1611930 }}</ref>
* Glycogen storage disease type 1.
* [[Propofol]]
* HIV medications
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