| AA | Amino acid |
| AC | Acylcarnitine |
| Ala | Alanine |
| ALT | Alanine aminotransferase |
| AST | Aspartate aminotransferase |
| BA | Biogenic amine |
| BMR | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| BF% | Body fat percentage |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| C2 | Acetylcarnitine |
| C3-OH | Hydroxy propionyl carnitine |
| C5-M-DC | Methyl glutaryl carnitine |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| DBP | Diastolic blood pressure |
| DM | Diabetes mellitus |
| FFM | Free fat mass |
| Gln | Glutamine |
| Glu | Glutamate |
| GPL | Glycerophospholipid |
| HC | Hip circumference |
| Hct | Hematocrit |
| HDL-cholesterol | High-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| Hb | Hemoglobin |
| His | Histidine |
| HOMA-IR | Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance |
| HTN | Hypertension |
| IDF | International Diabetes Foundation |
| IR | Insulin resistance |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| KNIH | Korea National Institute of Health |
| LDL-cholesterol | Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| Lys | Lysine |
| MetS | Metabolic syndrome |
| Met-SO | Methionine-sulfoxide |
| MHO | Metabolically healthy obesity |
| MUO | Metabolically unhealthy obesity |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PCaa | Phosphatidylcholine diacyl |
| Plt | Platelet |
| RBC | Red blood cell |
| SAS | Statistical Analysis System |
| SBP | Systolic blood pressure |
| SE | Standard errors |
| Ser | Serine |
| SPL | Sphingolipid |
| T2DM | Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| T-cholesterol | Total cholesterol |
| TG | Triglyceride |
| TyG | Triglycerid-glucose |
| WC | Waist circumference |
| weightth | Weight per age percentile |