| 16S rRNA | 16S ribosomal RNA |
| 95% CI | 95% confidence interval |
| ACQ | Asthma control questionnaire |
| AUC | Area under the receiver characteristics curve |
| BAMSE | Europeans from the Children, Allergy, Milieu, Stockholm, Epidemiology |
| BDR | Bronchodilator response |
| CAMP | Childhood Asthma Management Program |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EWAS | Epigenomic-wide association study |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| FEV1 | Forced expiratory volume in one second |
| FVC | Forced vital capacity |
| GACRS | Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma in Costa Rica Study |
| GALA | Genes-Environment and Admixture in Latino Americans |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association study |
| ICS | Inhaled corticosteroid |
| IgE | Immunoglobulin E |
| LABA | Long-acting beta agonist |
| LD | Linkage disequilibrium |
| LTRA | Leukotriene receptor antagonist |
| miRNA | Micro ribonucleic acid |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| OCS | Oral corticosteroid |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PBCs | Peripheral blood cells |
| PBMCs | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| PiCA | Pharmacogenomics in Childhood Asthma |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| SAGE | Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes and Environments |
| SABA | Short-acting beta agonist |
| SE | Standard error |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| SRE | Steroid Responsiveness Endophenotype |
| TF | Transcription factor |
| WGCNA | Weighted gene co-expression network analysis |
| WGS | Whole-genome sequencing |