| ALT | Alanine Aminotransferase |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| AST | Aspartate Aminotransferase |
| ASVs | Amplicon Sequence Variants |
| BMC | Bone Mineral Content |
| BMD | Bone Mineral Density |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| DEXA | Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry |
| GCP | Good Clinical Practice |
| HbA1c | Hemoglobin A1c |
| HDL | High-Density Lipoprotein |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| LDA | Linear Discriminant Analysis |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| LEfSe | Linear Discriminant Analysis Effect Size |
| Post.CUR | Post-Curcumin |
| Post.Pla | Post-Placebo |
| Pre.CUR | Pre-Curcumin |
| Pre.Pla | Pre-Placebo |
| rRNA | Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid |
| VLDL | Very Low-Density Lipoprotein |