The OR to be classified with undesirable BMI, S-cholesterol, or S-triglycerides by dairy product intake are presented in Table 2 and are presented in Additional files 2, 3, 4 and 5 for blood glucose, blood pressure, S-HDL and S-LDL. In both women and men, the OR to be classified with undesirable BMI accounting for potential confounders decreased with increasing intake quintiles of total dairy product, cheese and butter, whereas it increased with increasing intake quintiles of non-fermented milk. The OR to be classified with undesirable S-cholesterol increased with increasing intake quintile of butter and total dairy products. Further, in women, the OR to be classified with undesirable S-triglyceride was inversely associated with intake quintiles of butter in women and men and cheese in women