en Nutrition Nutrition Original Research Original Research <p><strong>Background: </strong>There is no global consensus about the relationship between dairy consumption and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). This study aimed at integrating the results of several studies to predict the dairy effects on CVD, e.g. stroke and CHD.<br> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Methods: </strong>In the present study, some major databases such as Scopus, Science Direct, and PubMed were searched up to September 2014. All prospective cohort studies dealing with dairy products consumption and CVD were surveyed regardless of their publication date or language. This reference population includes all individuals without any delimitation with regard to age, gender, or race. The quality of the study was evaluated using STROBE Checklist. Study selection and data extraction were done by 2 independent researchers separately. The indices in this study were RR and HR. The random model was used to combine the results.<br> <strong>&nbsp; Results: </strong>Out of 6234 articles, 11 were included in the meta-analysis. No relationship was found between stroke and consumption of milk, cream, and butter, and the results are as follow: RR = 0.91 (95%CI: 0.81-1.01) for milk, RR = 0.97 (95%CI: 0.88-1.06) for cream, and RR = 0.95 (95%CI: 0.85-1.07) for butter. However, cheese was found to decrease stroke risk: RR = 0.93 (95%CI: 0.88-0.99).<br> The relationship of CHD with consumption of milk, cheese, cream, and butter are as follows, respectively: RR = 1.05 (95% CI: 0.96-1.15), RR = 0.90 (95%CI: 0.81-1.01), RR = 0.96 (95% CI: 0.87-1.06), <span dir="RTL">and</span> RR = 0.99 (95%CI: 0.89-1.11). In other words, no relationship existed between dairy products and CHD.<br> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Conclusion: </strong>No relationship was found between consumption of various dairy products and CHD or stroke, except for cheese that decreased stroke risk by 7%. Considering the small number of studies, the result of the present study is not generalizable and more studies need to be conducted.<br> &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</p> Dairy Products, CHD, Stroke, Cardiovascular Disease, Meta-analysis 143 149 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2946-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Fatemeh Gholami 200319475328460031417 200319475328460031417 No Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Malihe Khoramdad m.khoramdad2016@gmail.com 200319475328460031418 200319475328460031418 Yes Faculty of health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. Ebrahim Shakiba 200319475328460031419 200319475328460031419 No Faculty of health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. Yousef Alimohamadi 200319475328460031420 200319475328460031420 No Noor Research Center for Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran & Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences & Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Jabbar Shafiei 200319475328460031421 200319475328460031421 No Department of Epidemiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Alireza Firouzi 200319475328460031422 200319475328460031422 No Department of General Linguistics, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran