“…A total of 35 studies including 12 cohort studies [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ] with 40,943 subjects and 9436 cases and 25 cross-sectional [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 25 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 ] studies with 362,196 subjects were included in meta-analyses of the highest versus the lowest dairy product consumption and risk of MetS ( Figure 1 ). Table 3 presents the characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis.…”