| HAC | Heavy Alcohol Consumption |
| FACHS | Family and Community Health Study |
| ProSAAF | Promoting Strong African American Families |
| ATS | Alcohol T-score |
| PCs | primary caregivers |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| MSdPCR | methylation-sensitive digital PCR |
| MLE | maximum likelihood estimation |
| SRHAC | Self-reported heavy alcohol consumption/non-self-report measure |
| HAC/ATS | Heavy Alcohol Consumption/Alcohol T-score |
| SRsmoke | Self-reported smoking |
| NIllnesses | Number of Chronic Illnesses |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| AUD | alcohol use disorder |
| HBP | High Blood Pressure |