| AUC | Area Under the Curve |
| CEA | Carcinoembryonic Antigen |
| Cer | Ceramides |
| ChoE | Cholesteryl esters |
| CMH | Monohexosylceramides |
| DAG | Diacylglycerides |
| DAPC | Diacylglycerophosphocholines |
| FAA | Fatty acid amides (Primary Fatty Amides) |
| FOB | Faecal Occult Blood |
| MAG | Monoacylglycerides |
| MEMAPC | 1-ether, 2-acylglycerophosphocholines |
| PC | Phosphatidylcholines |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PE | Phosphatidylethanolamines |
| PI | Phosphatidylinositols |
| PLS-DA | Partial Least Square Discriminant Analysis |
| SM | Sphingomyelins |
| TAG | Triacylglycerides |
| UPLC®-MS | Ultra performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |