| BIRC6 | Baculoviral IAP Repeat Containing 6 |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| cIMT | Carotid intima media thickness |
| CVA | Cerebrovascular accident |
| LD | Linkage disequilibrium |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| QTL | Quantitative trait locus |
| RDW | Red cell distribution width |
| RDW-CV | RDW coefficient of variation |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| VSMC | Vascular smooth muscle cells |