| AAA | Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| LEAD | Lower extremity artery disease |
| miRNAs | microRNAs |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PBMC | peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristic |
| ROC-AUC | Area under receiver operating characteristic curve |
| TFs | Transcription factors |
| VV | Varicose veins |