| AJHS | Academic Journal of Health Sciences |
| AVAI | Abdominal Volume Adiposity Index |
| BAI | Body Adiposity Index |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| CEI-IB | Ethics and Research Committee of the Balearic Islands (Comité de Ética de la Investigación de las Islas Baleares) |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CNAE-11 | National Classification of Economic Activities, 2011 (Spain) |
| CUN-BAE | Clínica Universidad de Navarra-Body Adiposity Estimator |
| DAI | Dysfunctional Adiposity Index |
| DM2/T2DM | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum (contextual to ER stress) |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GLP-1 | Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 |
| HDL | High-Density Lipoprotein |
| HR | Hazard Ratio |
| IDF | International Diabetes Federation |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IPAQ | International Physical Activity Questionnaire |
| IAPP | Islet Amyloid Polypeptide |
| IR | Insulin Resistance |
| JCM | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| MAFLD | Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (previously NAFLD) |
| MASLD | Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease |
| MEDAS | Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener |
| METS-IR | Metabolic Score for Insulin Resistance |
| NAFLD | Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| PMCID | PubMed Central Identifier |
| PMID | PubMed Identifier |
| Q1 | Quartile 1 (Top 25% in Journal Rankings) |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SPISE-IR | Single-Point Insulin Sensitivity Estimator for IR |
| T2DM | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha |
| UBEs | Standard Drink Units (Spanish: Unidades de Bebida Estándar) |
| VAI | Visceral Adiposity Index |
| VIF | Variance Inflation Factor |
| WC | Waist Circumference |
| WHtR | Waist-to-Height Ratio |