| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| AF | Animal Fluency |
| BTA | Brief Test of Attention |
| BVRT | Benton Visual Retention Test |
| CDT | Clock Drawing Test |
| CES-D | Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression |
| CVLT-DFR | California Verbal Learning Test-Delayed Free Recall |
| CVLT-List A | California Verbal Learning Test-List A |
| DS-B | Digits Span-Backward |
| DS-F | Digits Span-Forward |
| FNDDS | Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies |
| HANDLS | Healthy Aging in Neighborhood of Diversity across the Life Span |
| HEI-2010 | Healthy Eating Index, 2010 version |
| HS | High School |
| IMR | Inverse Mills Ratio |
| MMSE | Mini-Mental State Examination; |
| N-3 | Omega-3 |
| N-6 | Omega-6 |
| PIR | Poverty Income Ratio |
| PUFA | Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids |
| RDA | Recommended Dietary Allowance |
| RE | Retinol Equivalent |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SE | Standard Error |
| T1-T3 | Tertile |
| TRAILS A | Trailmaking Test, Part A |
| TRAILS B | Trailmaking Test, Part B |
| USDA | US Department of Agriculture |
| WRAT-3 | Wide Range Achievement Test, 3rd revision |
| X | Mean |