| AM | Accurate Mass |
| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| CDR | Clinical Dementia Rating |
| CE | Cholesterol Esters |
| Cer | Ceramides |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| DG | Diglycerols |
| FA | Fatty Acids |
| FAQ | Functionality Assessment Questionnaire |
| IPA | Isopropanol |
| IQR | Interquartile Range |
| LOD | Limit of Detection |
| LOQ | Limit of Quantification |
| LPC | Lysophosphatidylcholines |
| LPE | Lysophosphatidylethanolamines |
| MCI | Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| MG | Monoglycerides |
| MMSE | Mini-Mental State Examination |
| OPLS-DA | Orthogonal Partial Least-Squares Discriminant Analysis |
| PC | Phosphatidylcholines |
| PE | Phosphatidylethanolamines |
| PI | Phosphatidylinositols |
| QC | Quality Control |
| RBANS | Repeatable Battery for Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Delayed Memory |
| SM | Sphingomyelins |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| TOF-MS | Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry |
| UPLC | Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| VIP | Variance Importance in Projection |