AAA	abdominal aortic aneurysm
ATP	adenosine triphosphate
BrS	Brugada syndrome
CAD	coronary artery disease
CHD	coronary heart disease
CVD	cardiovascular diseases
ECs	endothelial cells
EH	essential hypertension
ER	endoplasmic reticulum
GWAS	genome-wide association study
HTN	hypertension
IS	ischemic stroke
LDL	low-density lipoprotein
LDLC	low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
LHON	Leber hereditary optic neuropathy
LTL	leucocyte telomere length
LVEF	left ventricular ejection fraction
MACEs	major adverse cardiovascular events
MIEH	maternally inherited essential hypertension
mtDNA	mitochondrial DNA
mtDNA-CN	mitochondrial DNA copy number
NADH	nicotine amide adenine dinucleotide
OXPHOS	oxidative phosphorylation complexes
PAD	peripheral arterial disease
ROS	reactive oxygen species
rRNAs	ribosomal RNAs
SCD	sudden cardiac death
TC	total cholesterol
TG	triglyceride
tRNAs	transport RNAs
UPR	unfolded protein response
VSMC	vascular smooth muscle cells