| ACC | American College of Cardiology/AHA |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CAC | Coronary artery calcium score |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| DM | Diabetes mellitus |
| eGFR | Estimated glomerular filtration rate |
| ESC | European Society of Cardiology |
| HDL | High-density lipoprotein |
| LDL | Low-density lipoprotein |
| PCE | Pooled cohort equation |
| PCSK9 | Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 |
| PREVENT | Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs |
| SBP | Systolic blood pressure |
| SCORE2 | Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation 2 |
| SCORE2-OP | SCORE2-Older Persons |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
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