@ARTICLE{Goncerz_Grzegorz_Higher_2022, author={Goncerz, Grzegorz and Kojm, Patrycja and Skocelas, Sylwia and Więckowski, Krzysztof and Gallina, Tomasz and Pietrzyk, Paulina and Goncerz, Sebastian}, volume={Vol. 62}, number={No 4}, journal={Folia Medica Cracoviensia}, pages={137-153}, howpublished={online}, year={2022}, publisher={Oddział PAN w Krakowie; Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum}, abstract={Introduction: Osteoporosis affects over 200 million people worldwide causing nearly 9 mil-lion fractures annually, with more than half in America and Europe. Objectives: This meta-analysis was conducted to investigate whether low milk intake is associated with an increased risk of fractures by summarizing all the available evidence. Methods: Relevant studies were identified by searching the PubMed and EMBASE databases up to June 2020. The pooled relative risks with 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Results: In a meta-regression analysis of 20 included studies (11 cohort and 9 case-control studies), a higher milk intake was not associated with a reduction in the total fracture risk in both sexes (OR 0.95, 95% CI: 0.84– 1.08), either in cohort (OR 0.91; 95% CI: 0.79–1.05) or case-control studies (OR 1.09; 95% CI: 0.82–1.44), as well as separately in men (OR 0.87; 95% CI: 0.71–1.07) and women (OR 0.95; 95% CI: 0.80–1.13). Conclusion: Higher milk consumption is not associated with fracture risk reduction and should not be recommended for fracture prevention.}, type={Article}, title={Higher milk consumption is not associated with fracture risk reduction: systematic review and meta-analysis}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/126364/PDF/2022-04-FMC-10.pdf}, doi={10.24425/fmc.2022.144088}, keywords={milk, fracture, meta-analysis}, }