| +LR: -LR | Positive and negative likelihood ratio: respectively |
| AI | Atherogenic Index |
| ANCOVA | Analysis of Covariance |
| ASSIGN | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Cardiovascular Risk Score |
| AUC | Area Under Curve or Area under ROC Curve |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BNF | British National Formulary Cardiovascular Risk Score |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| CCA | Common Carotid Artery |
| CFA | Common Femoral Artery |
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease |
| CRFs | Cardiovascular Risk Factors |
| CUiiDARTE | Centro Universitario de Investigación, Innovación y Diagnóstico Arterial |
| CV | Cardiovascular |
| CVD | Cardiovascular Disease |
| CVR | Cardiovascular risk |
| FRS | Framingham Risk Score |
| GSM | Grayscale Median |
| HDL | High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| HR | Heart Rate |
| HT | Arterial Hypertension |
| IMT | Intima-media Thickness |
| LDL | Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| LogRM | Logistic Regression Models |
| MI | Myocardial Infarction |
| PAI | Plasma Atherogenic Index |
| pBP, cBP | Peripheral (Brachial) and Central (Aortic) Blood Pressure, respectively. |
| pDBP, cDBP | Peripheral (Brachial) and Central (Aortic) Diastolic Blood Pressure, respectively. |
| pMBP | Peripheral (Brachial) Mean Blood Pressure |
| pPP, cPP | Peripheral (Brachial) and Central (Aortic) Pulse Pressure, respectively. |
| pSBP, cSBP | Peripheral (Brachial) and Central (Aortic) Systolic Blood Pressure, respectively. |
| R | Correlation Coefficient |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve |
| SE | Sensibility |
| SP | Specificity |
| TC | Total Cholesterol |
| TG | Triglycerides |