| A2M | alpha2macroglobulin |
| AMEe | S-Adenosylmethionine |
| APO-F | Plasmatic apolipoprotein |
| AUROC | Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristics |
| ALT | alanine aminotransferase |
| AST | aspartate aminotransferase |
| BCAA | Brached chain aminoacid |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CAP | Controlled attenuated parameter |
| CHI3L | chitinase 3-like protein 1 |
| CK18 | Cytokeratin 18 |
| ELF | Enhanced Liver Fibrosis panel |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix turnover |
| FIB-4 | Fibrosis Index-4 |
| F3/F4 | Fibrosis stage 3 /4 |
| FGF21 gene | Fibroblast growth factor gene |
| FLI | Fatty liver Index |
| FXR | Farnesoid X receptor |
| GGT | gammaglutamil transferase |
| HA | Hyaluronic acid |
| HIS | Hepatic Steatosis Index |
| H-MRS | Magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| KPa | KiloPascal |
| IL-8 | interleukin 8 |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography-Mass spectrometry |
| LFQP | label free quantitative proteomics approach |
| LncRNA | long non codingRNA |
| MAF | Minor allele frequency |
| MBOAT7 | Membrane-bound O-acyltransferase domain-containing protein 7 |
| MRI-PDFF | Magnetic resonance imaging-proton density fat fraction |
| MRE | Magnetic Resonance elastography |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| NAFLD | Non alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NLFS | NAFLD Liver Fat score |
| NASH | Non alcoholic steatohepatitis |
| NASHTest | Non alcoholic steatohepatitis test |
| NPV | negative predictive value |
| PLT | platelets |
| PNPLA3 | Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 |
| PPV | Positive predictive value |
| pSWE | Point shear wave elastography |
| Pro-C3 | Pro-ollagen III |
| sCD | soluble macrophage activation marker |
| T2DM | type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| TE | Transient Elastography |
| TIMP1 | Metallopeptidase inhibitor 1 |
| TGs | tryglicerides |
| TM6F2 | Transmembrane 6 superfamily mamber 2 |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| TyG | Triglyceride and Glucose Index |
| US | ultrasound |
| VAI | Visceral Adiposity Index |