APOA5 and hypertriglyceridemia: Indeed, the notion that apoA-V and triglycerides are positively related is supported by findings by Dallinga-Thie et al. [20] in patients with type 2 diabetes, by Vaessen et al. [21] in more than 3000 individuals and by Henneman et al. [22] in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia.