| BMI | Body mass index |
| UPLC–QTOF-MS | Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| FDR | False-discovery-rate |
| BTH | Buckeye Teen Health Study |
| OSU | Ohio State University |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| 4-NBA | 4-nitrobenzoic acid |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| QC | Quality control |
| CV | Coefficient of variation |
| MSTUS | Mass spectrometry total usable signal |
| HMDB | Human metabolome database |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| CV | Coefficient of variation |
| MetPA | Metabolomic pathway enrichment analysis |
| AAs | Amino acids |
| BCAAs | Branched-chain amino acids |
| IGF-1 | Insulin-like growth factor-1 |
| cGP | cyclic Glycine-Proline |
| NEAAs | Non-essential amino acids |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| CVD | Cardiovascular diseases |