| CI | Confidence interval |
| GB | Gradient Boosting |
| GBD | Global Burden of Disease |
| GHO | Global Health Observatory |
| HDL | High-density lipoprotein |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| KSA | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| LASSO | Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator |
| LOOCV | Leave-one-out cross-validation |
| MAE | Mean absolute error |
| ML | Machine learning |
| NCD | Noncommunicable disease |
| NCD-RisC | NCD Risk Factor Collaboration |
| OLS | Ordinary least squares |
| pp | Percentage points |
| RF | Random Forest |
| RMSE | Root mean square error |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| STROBE | Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
| VIF | Variance inflation factor |
| WHO | World Health Organization |