| CpG | Cytosine-phosphate-guanine |
| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| MMR | Mismatch Repair |
| BER | Base Excision Repair |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase |
| METTL3 | Methyl Transferase-like 3 |
| METTL14 | Methyl Transferase-like 14 |
| WTAP | Wilm’s Tumor-1-Associated Protein |
| m6A | N6-methyladenosine |
| tRNA | RNA transfer |
| rRNA | ribosomal RNA |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative Phosphorylation |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| IgA | Immunoglobulin A |
| DNMTs | DNA Methyltransferases |
| SAM | S-Adenosyl-Methionine |
| DunedinPoAm38 | Dunedin Pace of Aging Methylation |
| DunedinPACE | Dunedin Pace of Aging calculated from the Epigenome |
| CRP | C-Reactive Protein |
| NFTs | Neurofibrillary Tangles |
| APP | Amyloid Precursor Protein |
| MAPT | Microtubule Associated Protein Tau |
| Ach | Acetylcholine |
| 5hmC | 5-hydroxymethylcytosine |
| Aβ | Amyloid-β |
| NLRP3 | NOD-like Receptor Protein 3 |
| NF-kB | Nuclear Factor Kappa B |
| SAD | Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease |
| FAD | Familial Alzheimer’s Disease |
| EOAD | Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease |
| LOAD | Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease |
| PSEN1 | Presenilin 1 |
| PSEN2 | Presenilin 2 |
| EM | Episodic Memory |
| WM | Working Memory |
| SM | Semantic Memory |
| PO | Perceptual Orientation |
| PS | Perceptual Speed |
| GCF | Global Cognitive Functioning |
| GCTA | Genome-Wide Complex Trait Analyses |
| PFCTX | Prefrontal Cortex |
| DLPFCTX | Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex |
| CRBLM | Cerebellum |
| FCTX | Frontal Cortex |
| PONS | Pons |
| TCTX | Temporal Cortex |
| GWAS | Genome-Wide Association Study |
| CETS | Cell Epigenotype Specific |
| DNAm | DNA Methylation |
| IEAA | Intrinsic Epigenetic Age Acceleration |
| EEAA | Extrinsic Epigenetic Age Acceleration |
| HDL | High-Density Lipoprotein |
| APOE | Apolipoprotein E |
| ROS | Religious Orders Study |
| MAP | Rush Memory Aging Project |
| AIBL | Australians Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle |
| ADNI | Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging initiative |
| CU | Cognitively Unimpaired |
| MCI | Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| EN | Zhang Elastic Net |
| BLUP | Zhang Best Linear Unbiased Prediction |
| DBAge | Disproportionate Biological Age |
| DiffAge | Difference in Age |
| TL | Telomere length |
| mtDNACN | Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number |
| US | United States |
| WGS | Whole-Genome Sequencing |
| NIA | National Institute on Aging |
| (CCage+) | Accelerated Cortical Clock Age |
| (CCage-) | Non-Accelerated Cortical Clock Age |
| (mtDNACage+) | Age-Accelerated mtDNA-CN |
| (mtDNACage-) | Non-Age-Accelerated mtDNA-CN |
| ADRDs | AD-Related Disorders |
| FSH-OC | Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort |
| TBV | Total Brain Volume |
| HC | Hippocampal Grey Matter Hyperintensity |
| SA | Total Cortical Surface Area |
| meQTLs | Methylation Quantitative Trait Loci |
| CN | Cognitively Normal |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| D-loop | Displacement loop |
| CYTB | Cytochrome b |
| COX II | Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit II |