| ACTB | β-actin; |
| BMP2 | bone morphogenetic protein 2; |
| He | heterozygosity; |
| LPL | lipoproteinlipase; |
| MALDI-TOF-MS | matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer; |
| Ne | effective allele number; |
| PIC | polymorphic information content; |
| PPARγ | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma; |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative real-time PCR; |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphism; |
| TGF-β | transforming growth factor β; |
| VRTN | vertnin. |