| CCD | Cardiocerebrovascular diseases |
| CVD | Cardiovascular diseases |
| CBVD | Cerebrovascular diseases |
| CHD | Congenital heart disease |
| CAD | Coronary artery disease |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| FE | Fixed-effects model |
| HWE | Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium |
| HWD | Deviation from HWE |
| IS | Ischemic stroke |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| RE | Random-effects model |
| SBI | Silent brain infarction |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |