| AGEs | advanced glycation end products |
| AU | arbitrary units |
| BAC | boronic acid affinity chromatography |
| DDA | data-dependent acquisition |
| ESI | electrospray ionization |
| FPG | fasting plasma glucose |
| Ig | immunoglobulin |
| HbA1c | glycated hemoglobin |
| HPLC | high performance liquid chromatography |
| HR-MS | high resolution mass spectrometry |
| HSA | human serum albumin |
| LC-MS | liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| LC-MS/MS | liquid chromatography-tandem mass-spectrometry |
| LDA | linear discriminant analysis |
| LOOCV | leave-one-out cross validation |
| LIT | linear ion trap |
| mAPBA | m-aminophenylboronic acid |
| MRM | multiple reaction monitoring |
| MS | Mass-spectrometry |
| MS/MS | tandem mass spectrometry |
| nanoLC-MS | nano-scaled liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| nanoRP-HPLC-ESIMS/MS | nano-scaled reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization- tandem mass-spectrometry |
| PCA | principle component analysis |
| PCs | principle components |
| QC | quality control |
| QqQ | triple quadrupole |
| QqTOF | quadrupole-time of flight |
| RPC | reversed phase chromatography |
| RP-HPLC | reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography |
| RSD | relative standard deviation |
| RT | room temperature |
| SDS | sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SPE | solid phase extraction |
| τ1/2 | half-life times |
| T2DM | type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| TCEP | tris-(2-carboxyethyl)-phosphine hydrochloride |
| TOF | time-of-flight |
| tRs | retention times |
| VIF | variance inflation factor |
| XICs | extracted ion chromatograms |