AF	Atrial fibrillation
AHF	Acute heart failure
AUC	Area under curve
BMI	Body mass index
BNP	Brain natriuretic peptide
CAD	Coronary artery disease
CHF	Chronic heart failure
CI	Confidence interval
CKD	Chronic kidney disease
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CRP	C-reactive protein
eGFR	Estimated glomerular filtration rate
ELOS	Extended length of hospital stay
ESC	European Society of Cardiology
ESR	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FAR	Fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio
HF	Heart failure
HFA	Heart Failure Association
HFmrEF	Heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction
HFpEF	Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
HFrEF	Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
IQR	Interquartile range
LOS	Length of hospital stay
LVEF	Left ventricle ejection fraction
NLR	Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
NPAR	Neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio
NTAR	NT-proBNP-to-albumin ratio
NT-proBNP	N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide
NYHA	New York Heart Association
OR	Odds ratio
RAR	Red cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio
RDW	Red cell distribution width
RDW-SD	Red cell distribution width standard deviation
RFR	Red cell distribution width-to-fibrinogen ratio
RGR	Red cell distribution width-to-estimated glomerular filtration rate ratio
SD	Standard deviation
T2DM	Type 2 diabetes mellitus