AUC	Area Under the ROC curve
BMI	Body Mass Index
CRP	C-Reactive Protein
CAS	Carotid Atherosclerotic Stenosis
CEA	Carotid Endarterectomy
DASH	Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)
ESI	Electrospray Ionization
eGFR	estimated Glomerular Filtration rate by MDRD (Modification in Diet in Renal Disease)
Col	high performance-liquid chromatography column used
HDL-cholesterol	High-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol
HMDB	Human Metabolome Database
HILIC	Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography
IS	Ischemic stroke
LC-MS	Liquid Chromatography coupled with tandem Mass Spectrometry
LDL-cholesterol	Low-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol
2PY	N-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide
4PY	N1-methyl-4-pyridone-3-carboxamide
NASCET	North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial
Px	Paraxanthine
Pol	Polarity
PAO	Polyamine Oxydase
ROC	Receiver Operating Characteristic
RT	Retention Time
SSAT	Spermidine/Spermine n-Acetyltransferase
SVM	Support Vector Machine
Tb	Theobromine
Tp	Theophylline
TIA	Transient Ischemic Attack