| ADP | Autistic developing placenta |
| CDM | Cytosine DNA methylation |
| DMPs | Differentially methylated position |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| FT | Fisher’s exact test |
| HD | Hellinger divergence |
| ML | Machine learning |
| PALL | Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| RMST | Root mean squared test |
| SD | Signal detection (used to denote the signal detection approach) |
| TDP | Typically developing placenta |
| TV | Total variation distance (absolute value of methylation level difference) |