| NAFLD | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| TG | Triglyceride |
| DSW | Deep sea water |
| DSW-DOM | Deep sea water-dissolved organic matter |
| ox-LDL | Oxidized low-density lipoprotein |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| LDL-C | Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| VLDL-C | Very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| TC | Total cholesterol |
| MS | Metabolic syndrome |
| NASH | Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| LDL | Low-density lipoprotein |
| HDL | High-density lipoprotein |
| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |
| CAD | Coronary artery disease |
| HDL-C | High-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| TEAC | Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity |
| LDL-R | LDL receptor |
| IGF-1R | Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor |
| COX-1 | Cyclooxygenase 1 |
| HO-1 | Heme oxygenase-1 |
| CETP | Cholesteryl ester transport protein |
| IR | Insulin resistance |
| CON | Control group |
| HCD | High-fat/high-cholesterol diet group |
| HCD-LD | High-cholesterol diet with low dose of DSW-DOM |
| HCD-HD | High-cholesterol diet with high dose of DSW-DOM |
| C18 | Octadecyl |
| ddH2O | Double-distilled water |
| CL | Chemiluminescence |
| rcf | Relative centrifugal field |
| FeCl3 | Ferric chloride |
| TTO | Time to occlusion |
| rpm | Revolutions per minute |
| PGI2 | Prostacyclin |
| NaCl | Sodium chloride |
| Na2HPO4 | Sodium hydrogen phosphate |
| KCl | Potassium chloride |
| NaHCO3 | Sodium hydrogen carbonate |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| PGI2 | Prostacyclin |
| AM | Acetoxymethyl |
| FP | Fluorescently-labeled platelets |
| H2SO4 | Sulfuric acid |
| BHT | Butylated hydroxytoluene |
| TBA | Thiobarbituric acid |
| ICAM-1 | Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 |
| PARP | Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase |
| PON1 | Paraoxonase 1 |
| SREBP 1 | Sterol regulatory element-binding transcription factor 1 |
| VWF | Von Willebrand factor |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| PBST | Phosphate buffer saline tween-20 |
| DAB | 3′,3′-diaminobenzendine |
| RIPA | Radio immunoprecipitation assay |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic acid |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene difluoride |
| ECL | Enhanced chemiluminescence |
| HOCl | Hypochlorous acid |
| FFA | Free fatty acid |
| RCT | Reverse cholesterol transport |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |