RT Journal Article T1 Role of Functional Fortified Dairy Products in Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials. A1 Soto-Mendez, Maria J A1 Rangel-Huerta, Oscar D A1 Ruiz-Lopez, Maria D A1 Martinez de Victoria, Emilio A1 Anguita-Ruiz, Augusto A1 Gil, Angel K1 biomarker K1 cardiometabolic health K1 cardiovascular disease prevention K1 dairy products K1 fortified food K1 functional food K1 milk AB There is insufficient evidence on the role of functional fortified dairy products in improving health and in preventing risk factors associated with noncommunicable chronic diseases. This systematic review was conducted to summarize effects of the consumption of fortified dairy products on biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk. MEDLINE and SCOPUS databases were used to perform searches to include studies published up to 30 April 2018. Randomized clinical trials with human subjects consuming dairy products fortified with phytosterols, FAs, vitamins or minerals and relating this consumption with cardiometabolic health were included in this review. Risk of bias assessment according to Cochrane guidelines was performed to determine the quality of the trials. Forty-one studies were finally selected for this synthesis; the selected studies tested dairy products fortified with the following nutrients and bioactive components: phytosterols (n = 31), FAs (n = 8), and vitamin D (n = 2). We found that the consumption of phytosterol-fortified dairy, led to an overall LDL cholesterol reduction of -0.36 (-0.41, -0.31) mmol/L, P  PB Elsevier Inc. YR 2019 FD 2019 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13965 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13965 LA en NO Soto-Méndez MJ, Rangel-Huerta OD, Ruiz-López MD, Martínez de Victoria E, Anguita-Ruiz A, Gil A. Role of Functional Fortified Dairy Products in Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials. Adv Nutr. 2019 May 1;10(suppl_2):S251-S271. DS RISalud RD Apr 6, 2025