| LMM | Linear Mixed Model |
| GLMM | Generalized Linear Mixed Model |
| GE | Gene-Environment |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Pollymorphism |
| BLUP | Best Linear Unbiased Predictor |
| PPARG | Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma |
| GWA | Genome Wide Association |
| LD | Linkage Disequilibrium |
| VCT | Variance Components Test |
| ML | Maximum Likelihood |
| REML | Restricted Maximum Likelihood |
| PQL | Penalized Quasi-Likelihood |