Table 1. Characteristics of the cohort studies by subgroup dairy products consumption and CHD or stroke .

Author	Study, Country	Age (Years)	Participants	Sex	Quality	Follow-up (Years)	Outcome (Cases)
Praagman et al., 2014 (15)	The Rotterdam Study, Netherlands	≥ 55	4235	Both	High	17.3	Incidence Stroke (564) CHD (567)
Dalmeijer et al., 2013 (12)	EPIC-NL Study, Netherlands	49-70	33625	Both	High	13.1	Incidence Stroke (531) CHD (1648)
Larsson et al., 2012 (27)	The Swedish Mammography Cohort and the Cohort of Swedish Men	45-83	74961	Both	High	10.2	Incidence Stroke (4089)
Sonsestedt et al., 2011 (10)	Malmo Diet and Cancer Cohort, Sweden	44-74	26445	Both	High	12	Incidence Stroke (1176) Coronary Event (1344) CVD (2520)
Goldbohm et al., 2011 (14)	Netherlands Cohort Study, Netherlands	55-69	58279	Male	High	10	Mortality Stroke (842) IHD (683)
van der Pols et al., 2009 (22)	The Body Orr Cohort, England and Scotland	8	4374	Both	High	65	Mortality CHD (378) Stroke (121)
Larsson et al., 2009 (13)	The ATBC Study, Finland	50-69	26556	Male	Moderate	13.6	Incidence Stroke (281)
Elwood et al., 2004 (24)	The Caerphilly Cohort Study, UK	45-59	2403	Male	Moderate	20-24	Incidence Stroke (185) IHD (493) CVD (628)
Sauvaget et al., 2003 (23)	Life Span Study(LSS), Japanese	56	37130	Both	High	16	Mortality Stroke (1462)
Ness et al., 2001 (11)	The Collaborative Study, Scotland	35-64	5765	Male	Low	25	Mortality Stroke (196) CHD (892) CVD (1212)
Kinjo et al., 1999 (25)	Japanese	40-69	223170	Both	Low	15	Mortality Stroke (11030)