| ACC/AHA | American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association |
| ACCORD | Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes |
| AIM-HIGH | Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglycerides and Impact on Global Health Outcomes |
| ApoA-I | Apolipoprotein A-I |
| ApoB | Apolipoprotein B |
| ASCVD | Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease |
| CEC | Cholesterol Efflux Capacity |
| CETP | Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein |
| CSL112 | A reconstituted HDL/ApoA-I infusion therapy |
| DHA | Docosahexaenoic Acid |
| EPA | Eicosapentaenoic Acid |
| ESC/EAS | European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society |
| eNO | Endothelial Nitric Oxide |
| EVOO | extra virgin olive oil |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FIELD | Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes |
| FOURIER | Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research with PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects with Elevated Risk |
| HDL | High-Density Lipoprotein |
| HDL-C | High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| HF | Heart Failure |
| HFpEF | Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction |
| HPS2-THRIVE | Heart Protection Study 2–Treatment of HDL to Reduce the Incidence of Vascular Events |
| IDL | Intermediate-Density Lipoprotein |
| ILLUMINATE | Investigation of Lipid Level Management to Understand its Impact in Atherosclerotic Events |
| IMPROVE-IT | Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial |
| JACC | Journal of the American College of Cardiology |
| LCAT | Lecithin–Cholesterol Acyltransferase |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| LDL-C | Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| Lp(a) | Lipoprotein(a) |
| MetS | Metabolic Syndrome |
| MPO | Myeloperoxidase |
| Non-HDL-C | Non–High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| PCSK9 | Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 |
| PON1 | Paraoxonase-1 |
| RCT | Reverse Cholesterol Transport |
| REVEAL | Randomized Evaluation of the Effects of Anacetrapib Through Lipid-modification |
| REDUCE-IT | Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with Icosapent Ethyl–Intervention Trial |
| S1P | Sphingosine-1-Phosphate |
| SAA | Serum Amyloid A |
| sdLDL | Small Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| sdLDL-C | Small Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| SR-BI | Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I |
| T2DM | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| TZDs | Thiazolidinediones |
| VA-HIT | Veterans Affairs High-Density Lipoprotein Intervention Trial |
| VLDL | Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein |