| ADA | American Diabetes Association |
| BIA | Bio-impedance analysis |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CAM | Center for Adolescent Medicine |
| CRH | Corticotropin-releasing hormone |
| DASS21 | Depression, anxiety, stress scales 21 |
| DXA | Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry |
| HRV | Heart rate variability |
| Hb1Ac | Hemoglobin A1c |
| IFG | Impaired fasting glycemia |
| IGT | Impaired glucose tolerance |
| HR | Heart rate |
| HF | High frequency |
| HPA | Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis |
| LF | Low frequency |
| PFC | Prefrontal Cortex |
| SAM | Sympatho-adrenal medullary system |
| T1DM | Type 1 diabetes |
| T2DM | Type 2 diabetes |
| RMSSD | Square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent Normal to Normal intervals |
| SDNN | Standard deviation of all Normal to Normal intervals |
| VLF | Very low frequency |