| AC | Acylcarnitines |
| ADIPO_IR | Adipose Insulin Resistance Index |
| AIDS | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| ALT | Alanine Transaminase |
| ART | Antiretroviral therapy |
| AST | Aspartate Transaminase |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CE | Cholesteryl Esters |
| Cer | Ceramides |
| CV | Coefficient of Variation |
| CVD | Cardiovascular diseases |
| DG | Diacylglycerides |
| FAT % | Body Fat Percentage |
| FC | Free cholesterol |
| FFA | Free Fatty Acid |
| GGT | Gamma glutamyl transferase |
| HbA1c | Hemoglobin A1c |
| H-Cer | Hexosyl Ceramide |
| HDL-C | High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HOMA_beta | Homeostasis Model Assessment of β-cell function |
| HOMA_IR | Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance |
| IDA | Information Dependent Acquisition |
| LDL-C | Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| LPC | Lyso-Phosphatidylcholine |
| LPE | Lyso-Phosphatidylethanolamine |
| MTBE | Methyl tert-butyl ether |
| oPC | Plasmanyl-Phosphatidilcholine |
| oPE | plasmanyl-Phosphatidylethanolamine |
| PC | Phosphatidylcholine |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PCSK9 | Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 |
| PE | Phosphatidylethanolamine |
| PhE | Phytosterol esters |
| PI | Phosphatidylinositol |
| PLSDA | Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis |
| PLWH | People Living with HIV |
| pPC | Plasmenyl-Phosphatidilcholine |
| pPE | Plasmenyl-Phosphatidylethanolamine |
| Q10 | Coenzyme Q-10 |
| QUICKI | Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index |
| SM | Sphingomyelin |
| STD | Sexually Transmitted Disease |
| T_CHO | Total Cholesterol |
| T_TG | Total Triglycerides |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| TLE | Total Lipid Extract |
| TripleTOF | Triple quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| UHPLC | Ultra-High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography |
| VLDL | Very Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |