| ART | Antiretroviral Therapy |
| ASE | American Society of Echocardiography |
| A4C | Apical Four-Chamber |
| ANCOVA | Analysis of Covariance |
| ANOVA | Analysis Of Variance |
| aOR | Adjusted Odds Ratio |
| AT | Anaerobic Threshold |
| BF | Breathing Frequency |
| BIA | Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BSA | Body Surface Area |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CPET | Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing |
| CVDs | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| EACVI | European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging |
| ECG | Electrocardiographic |
| EPV | events-per-variable |
| EWGSOP2 | European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 |
| GCP | Good Clinical Practice |
| GLS | Global Longitudinal Strain |
| HDL | High Density Lipoprotein |
| HF | Heart Failure |
| HFpEF | Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HR | Heart Rate |
| HRR | Heart Rates Reserve |
| INSTI | Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor |
| ICC | interclass correlation coefficient |
| IQR | Interquartile Range |
| IR | Insulin Resistance |
| IVS | Interventricular Septal |
| LA | Left Atrial |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| LV | Left Ventricular |
| LVEF | Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction |
| LVEDV | Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Volume |
| LVESV | Left Ventricular End-Systolic Volume |
| LVID | Left Ventricular Internal Diameter |
| LVPW | Left Ventricular Posterior Wall |
| NNRTI | Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| OUES | Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope |
| PASP | Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure |
| PI | Protease Inhibitor |
| PLWH | People Living With HIV |
| PRES | Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome |
| RER | Respiratory Exchange Ratio |
| RSC | Romanian Society of Cardiology |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| STR | Single-Tablet Regimens |
| SV | Stroke Volume |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| TDI | Tissue Doppler Imaging |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| TG/HDL | Triglycerides/High Density Lipoprotein |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Program On HIV |
| VE | Minute Ventilation |
| VO2 peak | Peak Oxygen Uptake |
| WHO | World Health Organization |