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. 2016 Jul 13;15:67. doi: 10.1186/s12937-016-0183-8

Table 2.

Studies reporting on the impact of dairy foods on inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). DF = dairy food, Inc = incidence

Author Type of Study Crohn’s Disease (N) Ulcerative Colitis (N) IBD (N) Healthy Control (N) Outcome
Kitahora [50] Epidemiology - 10819 - - Positive correlate. with UC inc
Shoda [51] Epidemiology 292 - - - Inc high correlate with DF in univariate analysis
Magee [52] Prospective Cross-section - 81 - - 1250 ml/week protective
Octoratou [53] Prospective Cohort 28 new 30chronic - - 38 Milk and yogurt protective
Abubakar [54] Case-control 218 - - 812 Drinking pasteurized milk protects
Opstelten [55] Cohort 110 244 - 401,326 DF protect CD 0.3 CI (0.13–0.65) UC diagnose >3 years Significant trend 0.04
Spehlmann [59] Twin Study - - 512 Twins 1 with disease 207 and (392 non twin IBD) DFs no effect
Jantchou [57] Prospective Cohort 33 43 - 67504 DF no effect. Animal protein + correlate
Reif [58] Case-control 33 54 - 144 Pre Disease no effect of lactose
Jowetta [56] Prospective Cohort - 183 (52 % relapse) - - No effect 1.17 CI 0.53–2.5 Medium intake no effect with high intake
Joachim [60] Prospective Cross-section 33 27 - - DFs prominent in relapse
Jowett [61] Prospective Cohort - 183 (52 % relapse) - - 68 % diet thought important, most restricted DFs
Vernia [63] Case–control 91 96 - 420 and (276 other diseases) Females with CD and UC had significantly lower Ca intake than recommended
Brazil Lopes [62] Cross Section 21 44 - - 64.7 % restricted DFs

aJowett et al. published 2 papers on the same population. One showing no impact of Dfs on UC and the second evaluated patients’ beliefs on effects of diet on UC