| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| GWAS | genome-wide association study |
| LOD | late-onset disease |
| MAF | minor allele frequency; customarily implying the “effect allele frequency” |
| OR | odds ratio |
| PRS | polygenic risk score |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphism; in context of this study used synonymously with the term ‘allele’ |
| T2D | type 2 diabetes |