| ACS | acute coronary syndrome |
| ARIC | Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study |
| AUC | area under the ROC curve |
| CHD | coronary heart disease |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CVD | cardiovascular disease |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| FH | familial hypercholesterolemia |
| GRS | Genetic Risk Score |
| GWAS | genome-wide association study |
| HR | hazard ratio |
| LDL-C | low-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| LCRS | Lifestyle Cardiovascular Risk Score |
| LMCAD | left main coronary artery disease |
| MACE | major adverse cardiovascular event |
| MAF | minor allele frequency |
| MESA | Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| NRI | net reclassification improvement |
| OR | odds ratio |
| PROCAM | Prospective Cardiovascular Munster Study |
| RF | risk factor |
| ROC | receiver-operating characteristic |
| SCORE | Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation |
| SNP | single-nucleotide polymorphism |
| TRF | traditional risk factor |