Association of dairy consumption with metabolic syndrome, hypertension and diabetes in 147 812 individuals from 21 countries.
Balaji BhavadhariniMahshid DehghanAndrew MenteSumathy RangarajanPatrick SheridanViswanathan MohanRomaina IqbalRajeev GuptaScott LearEdelweiss Wentzel-ViljoenAlvaro AvezumPatricio Lopez-JaramilloPrem MonyRavi Prasad VarmaRajesh KumarJephat ChifambaKhalid F AlhabibNoushin MohammadifardAytekin OguzFernando LanasDorota RozanskaKristina Bengtsson BostromKhalid YusoffLungiswa P TsolkileAntonio DansAfzalhussein M YusufaliAndres OrlandiniPaul PoirierRasha KhatibBo HuWei LiLu YinAi DeerailiKaren YeatesRita YusufNoorhassim IsmailDariush MozaffarianKoon TeoSonia S AnandSalim YusufPublished in: BMJ open diabetes research & care (2021)
Higher intake of whole fat (but not low fat) dairy was associated with a lower prevalence of MetS and most of its component factors, and with a lower incidence of hypertension and diabetes. Our findings should be evaluated in large randomized trials of the effects of whole fat dairy on the risks of MetS, hypertension, and diabetes.