| GWAS | genome-wide association study |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| STROBE | Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
| PPAR | peroxisome proliferator activated receptor |
| MEF2C | myocyte enhancer factor 2C |
| PROSPERO | international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews in health. |
| ACTN3 | alpha-actinin-3 |
| DM2 | diabetes mellitus type 2 |