| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
| CHRIS | Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol |
| ΔHR | Delta Heart Rate |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid |
| GRS | Genetic Risk Score |
| GPMSSP | General Practitioners’ Morbidity Sentinel Stations Program |
| HDL | High-Density Lipoprotein |
| HOMA-IR | Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance |
| HR | Heart Rate |
| HRaft | Heart Rate after (exercise) |
| HRmax | Maximum Heart Rate |
| HRmax% | Percent of Predicted Maximum Heart Rate |
| HRR | Heart Rate Recovery |
| HRrest | Heart Rate at Rest |
| HRV | Heart Rate Variability |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| MAF | Mutation Analysis Facility |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |