| ANCOM-BC2 | Analysis of Composition of Microbiomes with Bias Correction 2 |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CCU | Cervical cancer (invasive carcinoma) |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CIN | Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia |
| CLR | Centered log-ratio |
| CST | Community state type |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| HR-HPV | High-risk human papillomavirus |
| HSIL | High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| logFC | Log fold change |
| LSIL | Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| NILM | Negative for intraepithelial neoplasia |
| ONT | Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PCoA | Principal Coordinates Analysis |
| PERMANOVA | Permutational multivariate analysis of variance |
| PERMDISP | Permutational analysis of multivariate dispersions |
| Q1–Q3 | First to third quartile (interquartile range) |
| q | FDR-adjusted p value |
| R2 | Coefficient of determination |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristic |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| STIs | Sexually transmitted infections |
| ρ (rho) | Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient |