In a recent breakthrough, University of Western Ontario researchers have spotted genes in the human body, which are responsible for the onset or development of hypertriglyceridemia, the disease that results into cardiovascular diseases.

The disease was found to be associated with a number of other problems relating obesity, diabetes and pancreatitis.

Dr. Robert Hegele of the Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, said that a mixture of common as well as uncommon proportions of genes lead to the onset of HTG.

"It’s also instructive that one single gene is not solely responsible for high triglyceride levels but rather a mosaic of both common and rare variations in several genes", he said.

The study appeared in science journal Nature. The researchers found that triglycerides are the components, which carry the fats in HTG –affected people.

Triglycerides also lead to an elevation in cholesterol levels and blood pressure, thereby inviting heart ailments.

The study found that the foremost cause of the increase in triglyceride levels is the intake of improper diet. In addition, alcohol intake, obesity and diabetes are the contributing factors for the development of triglyceride variants.

However, there are some cases where the patients do not show any symptoms.