Dairy consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease: an updated meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Epidemiological studies to-date provided inconsistent findings on the effects of dairy consumption on the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We aimed to examine the association of dairy consumption and its specific subtypes with CVD risk, including the risk of stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD) by a metaanalysis.PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for articles published up to February 2014 to identify prospective...