The rare allele M− was observed to be higher in individuals with normal TG levels (n = 571) as indicated by the higher frequency (13.10%) of heterozygous samples carrying the rare M− allele as compared to the 8.4% of individuals with increased levels of TG level (n = 95) and whom were mostly homozygotes (n = 85, 89.5%) for the wild type M+ allele implicating the M− as a “protective allele”.