| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| AIMS2-SF | Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales 2 |
| ALT | Alanine Transminase |
| AST | Asparate Aminotransferase |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| BUN | Blood Urea Nitrogen |
| CG | Control Group |
| CINAHL | Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| DHA | Docosahexaenoic Acid |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| EG | Experimental Group |
| EPA | Eicosapentaenoic Acid |
| FACT-G | Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—General |
| FSQ | Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire |
| HDL | High Density Lipoprotein |
| HRQL | Generic health-related quality of life |
| IVS | Internal Validity Score |
| LDL | Low Density Lipoprotein |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Headings |
| NPRS | Numeric Pain Rating Scale |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RCTs | Randomized Clinical Trials |
| RMI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| SF-36 | Health Questionnaire |
| SIRT3 | Sirtuin 3 |
| SSS | Symptom Severity Scale |
| TC | Total Cholesterol |
| TG | Triglyceride |
| VAS | Visual analogue Scale |
| VO2 Max | Maximum Oxygen Volume |
| WPI | Widespread Pain Index |
| WOMAC | Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index |