| B6 | vitamin B6 |
| PLP | pyridoxal 5′-phosphate |
| PN | pyridoxine |
| PL | pyridoxal |
| PA | pyridoxic acid |
| HK | 3-hydroxykynurenine |
| XA | xanthurenic acid |
| OR | odds ratio |
| HR | hazard ratio |
| CI | confidence interval |
| 25(OH)D | 25-hydroxyvitamin D |
| T2DM | type 2 diabetic mellitus |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| B1 | vitamin B1 |
| B2 | vitamin B2 |
| B12 | vitamin B12 |
| CVD | cardiovascular disease |
| CHD | coronary heart disease |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| PAr index | (pyridoxic acid)/(pyridoxal + pyridoxal 5′-phosphate) index |
| SD | standard deviation |
| IL-6 | interleukin-6 |
| hs-CRP | high sensitive C-reactive protein |
| RTR | renal transplant recipient |
| A | vitamin A |
| C | vitamin C |
| E | vitamin E |
| RDA | recommended dietary allowance |
| ALT | alanine aminotransferase |
| BCAA | branched chain amino acids |
| IGF1 | insulin-like growth factor-1 |
| Nrf2 | NF-E2-related factor 2 |
| HSP | heat shock protein |
| AKT | Akt serine/threonine kinase (also called protein kinase B) |
| mTOR | mammalian target of rapamycin |
| 4EBP1 | eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 |
| S6K | p70 S6K kinase |
| L-carnosine | β-alanyl-L-histidine |
| L-anserine | β-alanyl-3-methylhistidine |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| NLRP3 | nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family, pyrin domain-containing 3 |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor-kappa B |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |
| Sirt1 | NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase (also called Sirtuin 1) |
| PD-L1 | programmed death-ligand 1 |
| PD-1 | programmed cell death protein 1 |