Table 1. Characteristics of studies included on dairy foods and stroke, CHD, CVD .
| Author | Study, country | Age (y) | Subjects | Sex | Quality | Follow-up (y) | Outcome (cases) | Exposure |
| Praagman et al21 | The Rotterdam Study, Netherlands | ≥55 | 4235 | Both | High | 17.3 |
Incidence Stroke (564) CHD (567) |
Total dairy, Low-fat dairy, High-fat dairy, Total milk, Fermented dairy, Cheese, Yogurt. |
| Patterson et al46 | The Swedish Mammography Cohort, Swedish | 48-83 | 33636 | Female | High | 11.6 |
Incidence MI (1392) |
Total dairy, Milk, Cultured milk/Yogurt, Cheese, Cream, Butter. |
| Dalmeijer et al20 | EPIC-NL Study, Netherlands | 49-70 | 33625 | Both | High | 13.1 |
Incidence Stroke (531) CHD (1648) |
Total dairy intake, Milk and milk products, Fermented dairy, Cheese, High-fat dairy, Low-fat dairy. |
| Kondo et al37 | NIPPON-DATA80, Japanese | ≥30 |
4045 5198 |
Male Female |
High | 24 |
Mortality Stroke (417) CHD (174) CVD (893) |
Milk and dairy products. |
| Maruyama et al17 | JACC Study, Japanese | 40-79 |
26598 37439 |
Male Female |
High | 12.6 |
Mortality Stroke (1077) CHD (479) CVD (2311) |
Dairy products. |
| Louie et al18 | BMES, Australia | 49-97 | 2900 | Both | Moderate | 15 |
Mortality Stroke (176) CHD (432) CVD (548) |
Total dairy, Low/reduced, fat dairy, Whole fat dairy. |
| Lin et al43 | CVDFACTS, China | 32-60 | 2061 | Both | High | 12 |
Incidence Stroke (123) |
Dairy. |
| Ruesten et al39 | EPIC-Potsdam Study, Germany | 35-65 | 23531 | Both | High | 8 |
Incidence CVD (363) |
Low-fat dairy, High-fat dairy, Low-fat cheese, High-fat cheese, butter. |
| Larsson et al47 | The Swedish Mammography Cohort and the Cohort of Swedish Men | 45-83 | 74961 | Both | High | 10.2 |
Incidence Stroke (4089) |
Total dairy, Low-fat dairy, Full-fat dairy, Milk, Sour milk and yogurt, Cheese, Cream and crem fraiche. |
| Bernstein et al15 |
HFP, USA NHS, USA |
40-75 30-55 |
43150 84010 |
Male Female |
High |
26 22 |
Incidence Stroke M: 2633 F: 1397 |
Whole-fat dairy, Low-fat dairy. |
| Soedamah-mothu et al48 | The Whitehall 2 Cohort, UK | 35-55 | 4255 | Both | High | 10 |
Incidence CHD(323) |
Total dairy, High-fat dairy, Low-fat dairy, Milk, Fermented dairy, Yogurt , Cheese. |
| Avalos et al42 | Rancho Bernardo, USA | 50-93 |
751 1008 |
Male Female |
High | 16.2 |
Incidence CHD M: 222 F: 229 |
Non-fat milk, Yogurt, Ice-cream, Low-fat cheese, Cheese, Cottage cheese, Cream, Cream cheese, Whole milk, Butter, Milk chocolate. |
| van Aerde et al14 | The Hoorn Study, Netherlands | 50-75 | 1956 | Both | High | 12.4 |
Mortality CVD (116) |
Total dairy, High-fat dairy, Low-fat dairy, Milk and milk products, Milk, cheese, Fermented dairy. |
| Sonsestedt et al49 | Malmo Diet and Cancer Cohort, Sweden | 44-74 | 26445 | Both | High | 12 |
Incidence Stroke (1176) Coronary Event (1344) CVD (2520) |
Total dairy, Milk, Non-fermented milk, Fermented milk, Low-fat milk, High-fat milk, Cheese, Butter. |
| Goldbohm et al41 | Netherlands Cohort Study, Netherlands | 55-69 |
58279 62573 |
Male Female |
High | 10 |
Mortality Stroke (842) IHD (2689) |
Milk products, Non-fermented, full-fat milk, Non-fermented low- fat milk, Milk Fermented, full-fat milk, Fermented low-fat, Cheese, Butter, Low-fat dairy. |
| Bernstein et al19 | NHS, USA | 30-55 | 84136 | Female | High | 26 |
Incidence CHD (3162) |
High-fat dairy, Low-fat dairy. |
| Bonthuis et al50 | Skin Cancer Prevention Trial, Australia | 25-78 | 1529 | Both | High | 14.4 |
Mortality CVD (61) |
Total dairy, Low-fat dairy, Full-fat dairy, Full-fat cheese, Milk, Yogurt. |
| Panagiotakos et al40 | ATTICA Study, Greece | ≥18 | 3042 | Both | High | 5 |
Incidence CVD (32) |
Dairy products (low fat). |
| van der Pols et al11 | The Body Orr Cohort, England and Scotland | 8 | 4374 | Both | High | 65 |
Mortality CHD (378) Stroke (121) |
Total dairy, Milk. |
| Larsson et al13 | The ATBC Study, Finland | 50-69 | 26556 | Male | Moderate | 13.6 |
Incidence Stroke (3281) |
Total dairy, Low-fat dairy, Whole milk, Sour milk, Yogurt , Cheese, Cream, Ice-cream, butter. |
| Kelemen et al51 | Iowa Women's Health Study | 55-69 | 29017 | Female | High | 15 |
Mortality CHD (739) |
Dairy |
| Elwood et al36 | The Caerphilly Cohort Study, UK | 45-59 | 2403 | Male | Moderate | 20-24 |
Incidence Stroke (185) IHD (493) CVD (628) |
Milk |
| Sauvaget et al44 | Life Span Study(LSS), Japanese | 56 | 37130 | Both | High | 16 |
Mortality Stroke (1462) |
Milk, Dairy products. |
| Ness et al45 | The Collaborative Study, Scotland | 35-64 | 5765 | Male | Low | 25 |
Mortality Stroke (196) CHD (892) CVD (1212) |
Milk |
| Bostic et al38 | The Iowa Women's Health Study, USA | 55-69 | 34486 | Female | High | 8 |
Mortality IHD (387) |
Total dairy |
| Kinjo et al16 | Japanese | 40-69 | 223170 | Both | Low | 15 |
Mortality Stroke (11030) |
Dairy milk. |
| Mann et al12 | The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom, UK | 18-79 |
10802 |
Both | Moderate | 13.3 |
Mortality IHD(64) |
Milk, Cheese. |