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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).
1 The question for physicians is whether or not patients benefit from treatment of elevated levels. At values greater than 500 mg per dL, triglycerides may cause pancreatitis. At lower values (200 to 500 mg per dL), especially with normal lipid subfractions, the risk of hypertriglyceridemia is not clear.his is one in a series of pro/con editorials discussing controversial issues in family medicine. Related Editorial. The normal physiologic concentration of triglyceride in human serum is 10 to 70 mg per dL (0.11 to 0.79 mmol per L; mean 30 mg per dL [0.34 mmol per L]).