Our study focussed on the analysis of post-heparin lipoprotein-lipase activity and the level of apolipoprotein C-II in persons who had survived at least one episode of hypertriglyceridaemic pancreatitis in comparison with persons who were at risk for the same disorder due to having severe hypertriglyceridaemia with triglycerides >10 mmol/L [26]. The gene discussed is APOC2; the disease is hypertriglyceridemia.