Díaz-López, AndrésBulló, MònicaMartínez-González, Miguel ACorella, DoloresEstruch, RamonFitó, MontserratGómez-Gracia, EnriqueFiol, MiquelGarcía de la Corte, Francisco JavierRos, EmilioBabio, NancySerra-Majem, LluísPintó, XavierMuñoz, Miguel ÁngelFrancés, FranciscoBuil-Cosiales, PilarSalas-Salvadó, Jordi2023-01-252023-01-252015-02-07http://hdl.handle.net/10668/9628The possible effects of dairy consumption on diabetes prevention remain controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the dairy consumption and type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk in an elderly Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk. We prospectively followed 3,454 non-diabetic individuals from the PREDIMED study. Dairy consumption was assessed at baseline and yearly using food frequency questionnaires and categorized into total, low-fat, whole-fat, and subgroups: milk, yogurt, cheeses, fermented dairy, concentrated full fat, and processed dairy. Hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated using Cox proportional hazards regression models. During a median follow-up of 4.1 years, we documented 270 incident T2D cases. After multivariate adjustment, total dairy product consumption was inversely associated with T2D risk [0.68 (95% CI 0.47-0.98); P-trend = .040]. This association appeared to be mainly attributed to low-fat dairy; the multivariate HRs (95% CIs) comparing the highest versus the lowest tertile consumption were 0.65 (0.45-0.94) for low-fat dairy products and 0.67 (0.46-0.95) for low-fat milk (both P-trend A healthy dietary pattern incorporating a high consumption of dairy products and particularly yogurt may be protective against T2D in older adults at high cardiovascular risk.enDairyOlder adultsPREDIMEDType 2 diabetesYogurtAgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesCheeseCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLDairy ProductsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diet, Fat-RestrictedDietary CarbohydratesDietary FatsDietary ProteinsEnergy IntakeFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceMaleMediterranean RegionMiddle AgedMilkMultivariate AnalysisNutrition AssessmentProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesTriglyceridesWaist CircumferenceYogurtresearch article25663611open access10.1007/s00394-015-0855-81436-6215http://repositori.upf.edu/bitstream/10230/25874/1/diaz-ejn-dair.pdf