| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| BiSC | Barcelona Life Study Cohort |
| CARDIA | Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults |
| CpG | Cytosine-phosphate-guanine dinucleotide |
| CRH | Corticotropin-releasing hormone |
| DMP | Differentially methylated position |
| DMR | Differentially methylated region |
| DNAm | DNA methylation |
| DNMT | DNA methyltransferase |
| ENVIRONAGE | ENVIRonmental influence ON early AGEing |
| eMRS | Epigenetic mortality risk score |
| EVI | Enhanced Vegetation Index |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| EWAS | Epigenome-wide association study |
| EXPANSE | EXposome Powered by a Sustainability Approach |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| HPA | Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal |
| HTR2A | 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2A |
| IL6 | Interleukin 6 |
| INMA | Infancia y Medio Ambiente (Environment and Childhood) |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| NOS | Newcastle–Ottawa Scale |
| NR3C1 | Nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 1 (glucocorticoid receptor) |
| OSF | Open Science Framework |
| PECO | Population, Exposure, Comparator, Outcome |
| ROBINS-I | Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SAPALDIA | Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Diseases in Adults |
| SES | Socioeconomic status |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |