ALA—α-Linolenic Acid

BP—Blood Pressure

BMI—Body Mass Index

CHD—Coronary Heart Disease

CI—Confidence Interval

CRP—C-Reactive Protein

CV—Cardiovascular

CVD—Cardiovascular Disease

DBP—Diastolic Blood Pressure

FMD—Flow-Mediated Dilation

HOMA-IR—Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance

HPFS—Health Professionals Follow-Up Study

HR—Hazard Ratio

ICAM—Intercellular Adhesion Molecule

IL—Interleukin

MetS—Metabolic syndrome

MUFA—Monounsaturated Fatty Acids

NAFLD—Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

NHS—Nurses’ Health Study

NO—Nitric Oxide

OR—Odds ratio

PREDIMED—PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea

PUFA—Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

PURE—Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology

RCT—Randomized Controlled Trial

RR—Relative Risk

SBP—Systolic Blood Pressure

SFA—Saturated Fatty Acids

T2D—Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus

TNF-α—Tumor-necrosis Factor-α

VCAM—Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule

WAHA—Walnuts and Healthy Aging

WC—Waist Circumference

WMD—Weighted Mean Difference