| AIP | Atherogenic index of plasma |
| Akt1 | Serine/threonine kinase 1 |
| ANS | Autonomic nervous system |
| ART | Assisted reproductive technology |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CRI-II | Castelli risk index II |
| CRR | Cardiac risk ratio |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| EOPE | Early-onset preeclampsia |
| FAE | Fatty acid esterification |
| FAO | Fatty acid oxidation |
| FBG | Fasting basal glucose |
| FFA | Free fatty acids |
| HDL | High-density lipoprotein |
| HELLP | Hemolysis, elevated liver function and low platelets |
| HOMA-IR | Homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance |
| HPLC | High performance liquid chromatography |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| LCHAD | Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase |
| LDL | Low-density lipoprotein |
| LOPE | Late-onset preeclampsia |
| LPL | Lipoprotein lipase |
| LXRs | Liver X receptors |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| OGTT | Oral glucose challenge test |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| PlGF | Placental growth factor |
| PUFA | Polyunsaturated fatty acids |
| sEGFR | Soluble epidermal growth factor receptor |
| sEng | Soluble endoglin |
| sFlt-1 | Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 |
| TFP | Mitochondrial trifunctional protein |
| TG/Prot ratio | Triglyceride/protein ratio |
| TGF-β1 | Transforming growth factor β1 |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-α |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFR-1 | Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor -1 |