Cross-sectional associations between cheese types and cardiovascular risk factorsIndividuals who reported consuming 28% or more fat containing cheese only (n = 6805) exhibited lower OR to have undesirable BMI, S-triglycerides but higher OR to have undesirable fasting blood glucose levels, than those who reported consuming cheese with 10–17% fat (n = 9476) only (Tables 4). Though statistically significant for most cardio-metabolic risk factors and the Healthy Diet Score, the differences for the adjusted means in consumers of 10–17% fat cheese versus 28% + fat cheese were moderate (Table 4). The exception was the higher score for the inflammatory index in high fat cheese consumers (Table 4).