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. 2025 Jan 24;64(2):66. doi: 10.1007/s00394-024-03574-w

Table 4.

Main FMD% findings of the eligible studies (n 11)

Author, year Dairy product n FMD% Main findings
Pre Post P value

Ballard et al., 2013

[41]

Whey protein (NOP-47)

Placebo

21

21

3.71 ± 0.51

4.46 ± 0.54

5.12 ± 0.51

4.30 ± 0.51

P < 0.005 Whey ↑ FMD% at 120 min compared to placebo

Ballard et al., 2013

[42]

Low-fat milk (1%)

Rice milk

19

19

6.41 ± 0.95

6.17 ± 0.74

6.74 ± 1.03

5.98 ± 0.82

P > 0.05 No difference observed throughout time trial

Machin et al., 2015

[45]

High-dairy

No dairy

47

47

3.01 ± 0.35

3.39 ± 0.33

4.09 ± 0.43

2.45 ± 0.43

P < 0.005 High-dairy ↑ FMD%

Fekete et al., 2016

[48]

Whey-protein,

Ca caseinate

Maltodextrin

36

36

36

4.79 ± 0.3

4.83 ± 0.3

4.79 ± 0.3

5.38 ± 0.4

4.94 ± 0.3

4.07 ± 0.3

P < 0.001 Whey and calcium caseinate ↑ FMD% compared to control

Radtke et al., 2017

[50]

Butter

Margarine with TFA

Margarine without TFA

50

31

48

5.0 (3.2–7.1)

4.7 (3.2–7.1)

4.3 (3.1–7.2)

5.5 (4.7–6.1)

5.2 (4.2–6.3)

6.3 (5.2–7.4)

0.987 No difference

Fekete et al., 2018

[49]

Whey-protein,

Ca caseinate

Maltodextrin

25

25

25

4.78

4.75

4.81

4.84

4.94

4.34

0.014 Whey and calcium caseinate ↑ FMD% compared to control

Leary et al., 2018

[44]

Non-fat milk

Lactose, whey

29

29

7.6 ± 0.6

8.7 ± 0.6

8.4 ± 0.6

8.0 ± 0.7

NR No difference in any of the trials

Leary et al., 2018

[43]

Non-fat milk

Lactose and whey

Lactose

30

30

30

9.0 ± 0.8

9.3 ± 0.8

7.8 ± 0.8

7.9 ± 0.l7

9.0 ± 0.9

9.1 ± 0.8

NR No difference in any of the trials

Roy et al., 2020

[46]

High dairy

No dairy

60

60

5.65 ± 0.54

6.44 ± 0.55

5.34 ± 0.62

5.57 ± 0.62

0.367 No difference
Vasilopoulou et al., 2020 [47]

Conventional dairy

MUFA-enriched dairy

50

50

4.68 ± 0.28

4.42 ± 0.27

4.14 ± 0.30

4.77 ± 0.28

P < 0.0001 Compared to baseline, the conventional dairy diet decreased %FMD compared with an increase after ↑ MUFA dairy

Markey et al., 2021

[40]

Conventional dairy

MUFA-enriched dairy

45

45

4.66 ± 0.28

4.50 ± 0.27

4.83 ± 0.34

5.20 ± 0.30

0.681

No treatment effect observed.

Relative to baseline, there was a 4% higher ΔAUC for FMD% following MUFA-dairy compared to conventional dairy (P = 0.075).

Data presented as mean ± SEM, or median (interquartile range)

Abbreviations: ↑ increase; Ca, calcium; d, day; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; NR, not reported