| DALYs | Disability-adjusted life years |
| EIA | Enzyme immunoassay |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunoassay |
| Hcy | Homocysteine |
| HELENA | Nutrition and lifestyle in European adolescents |
| HHcy | Hyperhomocysteinemia |
| ICHD | International classification of headache disorders |
| IHS | International Headache Society |
| MA | Migraine with aura |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| MeSH | Medical subject heading |
| MTHFR | Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate |
| NOS | Newcastle–Ottawa scale |
| PICOS | Population Intervention Comparison Outcome and Study design |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| QUIN | Quinolinic acid |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SMD | Standardized mean difference |
| YLDs | Years lived with disability |
| YLLs | Years of life lost |