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Dairy products consumption and metabolic syndrome in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Consumption of Different Food Groups and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome.The Journal of nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Dairy Consumption and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome: Results from Korean Population and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Metabolic Syndrome and Coronary Artery Disease Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Association of Major Food Sources of Fructose-Containing Sugars With Incident Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- Dietary calcium intake and the risk of metabolic syndrome: evidence from observational studies.Public health nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Metabolic Syndrome-Role of Dietary Fat Type and Quantity.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Dairy Product Consumption in the Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Cheese consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.European journal of nutrition · 2017Pooled it
- Associations between Yogurt Consumption and Weight Gain and Risk of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Pooled it
- Systematic Review of the Association between Dairy Product Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular-Related Clinical Outcomes.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2016Pooled it
- The Effect of Three Daily Servings of Full-Fat Dairy for 12 Weeks on Body Weight, Body Composition, Energy Metabolism, Blood Lipids, and Dietary Intake of Adults with Overweight and Obesity.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
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- Effects of whey protein and dietary fiber intake on insulin sensitivity, body composition, energy expenditure, blood pressure, and appetite in subjects with abdominal obesity.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Trial
- Fermented Dairy Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome in Finnish Men and Women.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
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- Milk Fat Globule Membrane Is Associated with Lower Blood Lipid Levels in Adults: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Metabolic Syndrome and Biotherapeutic Activity of Dairy (Cow and Buffalo) Milk Proteins and Peptides: Fast Food-Induced Obesity Perspective-A Narrative Review.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Dairy consumption in adults in China: a systematic review.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- The Effect of Dietary Pattern on Metabolic Syndrome in a Suburban Population in Shanghai, China.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
The association of dairy products consumption with risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been inconsistently reported in observational studies. A systematic review and meta-analysis of published observational studies was conducted to quantitatively evaluate this association. Relevant studies were identified by searching PubMed and EMBASE databases and by carefully checking the bibliographies of retrieved full reports and related reviews. Eligible studies were observational studies that investigated the association between dairy products consumption and risk of MetS in adults, with risk estimates available. Random-effects model was assigned to calculate the summary risk estimates. The final analysis included 15 cross-sectional studies, one case-control study and seven prospective cohort studies. Higher dairy consumption significantly reduced MetS by 17% in the cross-sectional/case-control studies (odds ratio = 0.83, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.73-0.94), and by 14% (relative risk [RR] = 0.86, 95% CI, 0.79-0.92) in cohort studies. The inverse dairy-MetS association was consistent in subgroup and sensitivity analyses. The dose-response analysis of the cohort studies conferred a significant 6% (RR = 0.94, 95% CI, 0.90-0.98) reduction in the risk of MetS for each increment in dairy consumption of one serving/d. No significant publication bias was observed. Our findings suggest an inverse dose-response relationship between dairy consumption and risk of MetS.
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