Abbreviation	Full name
ACE	Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
ALD	aldosterone
Ang Ⅰ	angiotensin I
Ang II	angiotensin II
BP	blood pressure
CVD	cardiovascular disease
DBP	diastolic BP
ELISA	enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
ET-1	endothelin-1
GO	Gene Ontology
HE	Hematoxylin-eosin
HESI	heating electrospray ion source
IFN-β	interferon-β
IL-1β	interleukin-1β
IL-6	interleukin-6
IPP	Ile-Pro-Pro
KEGG	Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
LEfSe	linear discriminant analysis effect size
L-NAME	NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester
PFM-SR37-3	milk fermented by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strain SR37-3
PFM-SR61-2	milk fermented by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strain SR61-2
NE	norepinephrine
NMDS	Nonmetric multidimensional scaling
OPLS-DA	orthogonal least squares discriminant analysis
OSA	obstructive sleep apnea
OTUs	Operational taxonomic units
PAA	produce polyacrylic acid
PCA	principal component analysis
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction
PFM	Probiotics fermented milk
RAS	renin–angiotensin system
RCTs	randomized controlled trials
RDA	Redundancy Analysis
SBP	systolic BP
SD	standard deviation
SHR	spontaneously hypertensive rats
SPF	specific pathogen-free
TMAO	trimethylamine N-oxide
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor α
VIP	variable importance projection
VPP	Val-Pro-Pro