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. 2020 Mar 19;7(1):11. doi: 10.3390/jcdd7010011
+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