Table 4.
Dose–response analyses using the generalized least squares (GLST) method by adopting the linear model
| Male and female | Male | Female | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR per serving increase | 95 % CI | Heterogeneity | RR per serving increase | 95 % CI | Heterogeneity | RR per serving increase | 95 % CI | Heterogeneity | ||||
| I2 (%) | p | I2 (%) | p | I2 (%) | p | |||||||
| Total dairy | 1.02 | (0.99, 1.05) | 33.8 | 0.334 | 1.00 | (0.97, 1.04) | 16.7 | 0.405 | 1.04 | (0.99, 1.10) | 7.7 | 0.564 |
| Milk | 1.03 | (0.99, 1.08) | 10.2 | 0.512 | 1.02 | (0.97, 1.08) | 8.7 | 0.275 | 1.05 | (0.96, 1.14) | 1.2 | 0.559 |
| Yogurt | 0.94 | (0.59, 1.48) | 5.1 | 0.409 | 0.60 | (0.29, 1.26) | 2.4 | 0.297 | 1.10 | (0.51, 2.37) | 0.1 | 0.715 |
| Cheese | 1.36 | (0.90, 2.05) | 5.3 | 0.260 | 1.23 | (0.76, 1.99) | 0.4 | 0.823 | 1.75 | (0.79, 3.88) | 4.3 | 0.037 |
| Butter | 1.22 | (0.87, 1.73) | 1.2 | 0.873 | 0.90 | (0.45, 1.80) | 0.1 | 0.738 | 1.27 | (0.60, 2.71) | 0.1 | 0.778 |
| Whole milka | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.43 | (1.13, 1.81) | 7.3 | 0.200 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Skim/low-fat milka | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.07 | (0.95, 1.20) | 0.3 | 0.877 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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