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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2007 Jul 19;18(9):967–988. doi: 10.1007/s10552-007-9038-0

Table 7.

Studies evaluating dairy products intake.

Reference Country Age Cases/ Controls or total cohort Type of study Exposure Contrast OR (95% CI) P for trend Covariates considered*
A B E S H R
Zheng et al., 1995[29] United States 55–69 216/23,070 Cohort Dairy products Q3 vs. Q1 1.1 >0.05 1 1 1 2
Potischman et al., 1993 [33] United States 20–74 399/296 Population- based cc Dairy foods >17.6 vs. <6 times/month 1.2 (0.7–2.0) 1 1 1 1 1 1
Goodman et al., 1997 [34] United States 18–84 332/511 Population- based cc Dairy products >301 vs. <60 g/day 0.7 0.28 (A) 1 1 1
McCann et al., 2000 [35] United States 40–85 232/639 Population- based cc Dairy >56 vs. <32 times/month 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 0.25 1 1 1 1 3
Littman et al., 2001[36] United States 45–74 679/944 Population- based cc Dairy products >2.4 vs. <1.2 servings/day 1 (0.78–1.4) 0.78 1 1 1 1 1
Terry et al., 2002[20] Sweden 50–74 709/2,877 Population- based cc Dairy products Q4 vs. Q1 (35 vs. 5 median consumption per week) 0.9 (0.7–1.2) 0.3 1 1 1
Tzonou et al., 1996[30] Greece 145/298 Hospital- based cc Dairy products Per quartile 0.94 (0.74–1.19) 1 1 1 1 1 5
Petridou et al., 2002 [31] Greece 84/84 Hospital- based cc Dairy products Per quartile 1.21 (0.86–1.69) (A) 1 1 1
Salazar-Martinez et al., 2005 [38] Mexico 18–81 85/629 Hospital- based cc Dairy products T3 vs. T1 0.5 (0.23–1.13) 0.23 1 1 1 1
*

Adjustment columns: A = Age; B = BMI/weight; E = Total Energy; S = Smoking; H = HRT/ERT use; R = Reproductive factors; (A): matched on age. Numbers in columns refer to the number of covariates adjusted for under that grouping. Abbreviations: Q: quantile; T: tertile; cc: case-control.