Meta-Analysis of Fermented Foods and Mortality from 50 Cohort Studies

50 cohort studies, including more than three million participants, were systematically reviewed to evaluate associations between fermented food intake and mortality. This meta-analysis, authored by Antonia Matalas and last updated in March 2026, found protective associations for specific foods like chocolate, cheese, and fermented milks against all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality.

Use Cases

• Conducting secondary analysis on the protective effects of fermented dairy based on the reported risk estimates.
• Validating or comparing findings on fermented food and cancer mortality from other studies.
• Investigating the role of bioactive compounds mentioned in the description, such as peptides and polyphenols, in chronic disease models.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on a systematic review of 50 cohort studies.
• Includes a large participant pool of more than three million individuals.
• Risk of bias was formally assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary data file is a DOCX document, which may require parsing to extract structured data.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Systematic search of three databases and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:41:05; freshness should be verified.

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