| ABI | Ankle Brachial index |
| AIx@75 | AIx adjusted to a 75 beats/min heart rate |
| aoBP | Central (aortic) blood pressure |
| aoDBP | Aortic diastolic blood pressure |
| aoPP | Aortic pulse pressure |
| aoSBP | Aortic systolic blood pressure |
| BA | Brachial artery |
| baBP | Brachial artery blood pressure |
| baDBP | Brachial artery (peripheral) diastolic blood pressure |
| baPP | Brachial artery pulse pressure |
| baSBP | Brachial artery (peripheral) systolic blood pressure |
| BH | Body height |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| BW | Body weight |
| CCA | Common carotid artery |
| CFA | Common femoral artery |
| cfPWV | Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity |
| CRFs | Cardiovascular risk factors |
| crPWV | Carotid-radial pulse wave velocity |
| CV | Cardiovascular |
| DD | End-diastolic arterial diameter |
| EDV | End-diastolic blood flow velocity |
| EM | Pressure-strain or Petrson arterial elastic modulus |
| IMT | Intima-media thickness |
| MB | Movement behavior |
| MBP | Brachial artery mean blood pressure |
| MET | Metabolic equivalent |
| MOG | Mobil-O-Graph PWA-monitor device (MOG; I.E.M.-GmbH, Stolberg, Germany) |
| PA | Physical activity |
| Pb | Amplitude of the aortic pressure waveform backward component |
| Pf | Amplitude of the aortic pressure waveform forward component |
| PSV | Peak systolic blood flow velocity |
| raDBP | Radial artery diastolic blood pressure |
| raPP | Radial artery pulse pressure |
| raSBP | Radial artery systolic blood pressure |
| SB | Sedentary behavior |
| SCOR | SphygmoCor-CvMS device (SCOR; v.9, AtCor-Medical, Australia) |
| ST | Sleep time |
| SystD | Peak systolic arterial diameter |
| taDBP | Tibial artery diastolic blood pressure |
| taPP | Tibial artery pulse pressure |
| taSBP | Tibial artery systolic blood pressure |
| β | Beta or stiffness (local) index |