| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| CDR-SB | Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Box |
| CRCI | Cancer-related cognitive impairment |
| CSVD | Cerebral small vessel disease |
| FD | Fiber-rich diet |
| FFAs | Free Fatty Acids |
| FODMAP | Fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols |
| GABA | Gamma-aminobutyric acid |
| GNHS | Guangzhou Nutrition and Health Study |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association studies |
| HDL | High-density lipoprotein |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1 beta |
| IL-4 | Interleukin 4 |
| IL-6 | Interleukin 6 |
| IL-10 | Interleukin 10 |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MCCB | MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery |
| MCI | Mild cognitive impairment |
| MiaGB | Microbiome in Aging Gut and Brain |
| MMSE | Mini-Mental State Examination |
| MoCA | Montreal Cognitive Assessment |
| OS | Oxidative stress |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PET | Positron emission tomography |
| RBANS | Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status |
| REML | Restricted maximum likelihood |
| RS | Rope skipping |
| SCFAs | Short-chain fatty acids |
| Th17 | T-helper 17 |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| VFT | Verbal Fluency Test |
| VSRAD | Voxel-based specific regional analysis system for AD |