| TCM | traditional Chinese medicine |
| CVH | cardiovascular health |
| FA | fatty acid |
| FAME | fatty acid methyl ester |
| SFA | saturated fatty acid |
| UFA | unsaturated fatty acid |
| MUFA | monounsaturated fatty acid |
| PUFA | polyunsaturated fatty acid |
| UI | unsaturation index |
| AI | atherogenic index |
| TI | thrombogenic index |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| OPLS-DA | orthogonal projection to latent structures discriminant analysis |
| VIP | variable importance in the projection |
| QC | quality control |