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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2018

Dairy Products, Dairy Fatty Acids, and the Prevention of Cardiometabolic Disease: a Review of Recent Evidence.

Edward Yu, Frank B Hu

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
18.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Edward YuDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Build II Floor 3, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Frank B HuDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Build II Floor 3, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. frank.hu@channing.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

DIETARY PATTERNS AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASER01HL060712 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI HU, FRANK B, QI, QIBIN · 1998 to 2021
$8.0M
Dietary Interventions, Metabolites, and Type 2 DiabetesF31DK114938 · NIDDK · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI YU, EDWARD · 2017 to 2017
$29k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL060712NIDDK NIH HHS F31 DK114938
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo examine recent literature on dairy products, dairy fatty acids, and cardiometabolic disease. Primary questions of interest include what unique challenges researchers face when investigating dairy products/biomarkers, whether one should consume dairy to reduce disease risk, whether dairy fatty acids may be beneficial for health, and whether one should prefer low- or high-fat dairy products. RECENT

findingsDairy composes about 10% of the calories in a typical American diet, about half of that coming from fluid milk, half coming from cheese, and small amounts from yogurt. Most meta-analyses report no or weak inverse association between dairy intake with cardiovascular disease and related intermediate outcomes. There is some suggestion that dairy consumption was inversely associated with stroke incidence and yogurt consumption was associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Odd chain fatty acids (OCFAs) found primarily in dairy (15:0 and 17:0) appear to be inversely associated with cardiometabolic risk, but causation is uncertain. Substitution analyses based on prospective cohorts suggested that replacing dairy fat with vegetable fat or polyunsaturated fat was associated with significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Current evidence suggests null or weak inverse association between consumption of dairy products and risk of cardiovascular disease. However, replacing dairy fat with polyunsaturated fat, especially from plant-based foods, may confer health benefits. More research is needed to examine health effects of different types of dairy products in diverse populations.

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Dairy ProductsDietFatty AcidsCardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Dietary FatsEnergy IntakeHumansProspective StudiesRisk FactorsDietary FatsFatty AcidsCardiovascular diseaseDairyOdd chain fatty acidsSaturated fatYogurt

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PMID29564646
PMCPMC5990967
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