| BHS | Brisighella Heart Study |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CCRL2 | C-C motif chemokine receptor-like 2 |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CKD-EPI | Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration |
| CMKLR1 | Chemokine-like receptor 1 |
| CV | Coefficient of variation |
| eGFR | Estimated glomerular filtration rate |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| GPR1 | G protein-coupled receptor 1 |
| HC3 | Heteroskedasticity-consistent type 3 standard errors |
| HDL | High-density lipoprotein |
| LAP | Lipid accumulation product |
| LDL | Low-density lipoprotein |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PVAT | Perivascular adipose tissue |
| PWV | Pulse wave velocity |
| RARRES2 | Retinoic acid receptor responder 2 |
| RBP4 | Retinol-binding protein 4 |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SMD | Standardized mean difference |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |