| B | Bone |
| BCA | Body Composition Analysis |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| EAT | Epicardial adipose tissue |
| ECOG | Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
| HNC | Head and Neck Cancer |
| HR | Hazard Ratio |
| IMAT | Intra- and intermuscular adipose tissue |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| OS | Overall survival |
| PAT | Pericardial adipose tissue |
| PFS | Progression-free survival |
| SAT | Subcutaneous adipose tissue |
| SAT/B | Subcutaneous adipose tissue-to-bone ratio |
| SM | Skeletal muscle |
| SM/B | Skeletal muscle-to-bone ratio |
| T1 | First thoracic vertebra |
| T2 | Second thoracic vertebra |
| T3 | Third thoracic vertebra |
| TAT | Total adipose tissue |
| UICC | Union for International Cancer Control |
| VAT | Visceral adipose tissue |
| VIF | Variance Inflation Factor |