About the Authors
- Lina Zgaga
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* E-mail: lina.zgaga@ed.ac.uk (LZ); harry.campbell@ed.ac.uk (HC)
Affiliations Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- Evropi Theodoratou
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Affiliations Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Colon Cancer Genetics Group and Academic Coloproctology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Janet Kyle
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Affiliation Public Health Nutrition Research Group, The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Susan M. Farrington
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Affiliation Colon Cancer Genetics Group and Academic Coloproctology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Felix Agakov
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Affiliations Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Pharmatics Limited, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Albert Tenesa
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Affiliation Colon Cancer Genetics Group and Academic Coloproctology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Marion Walker
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Affiliation Colon Cancer Genetics Group and Academic Coloproctology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Geraldine McNeill
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Affiliation Public Health Nutrition Research Group, The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Alan F. Wright
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Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit; Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Igor Rudan
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Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Malcolm G. Dunlop
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Affiliation Colon Cancer Genetics Group and Academic Coloproctology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Harry Campbell
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* E-mail: lina.zgaga@ed.ac.uk (LZ); harry.campbell@ed.ac.uk (HC)
Affiliations Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Colon Cancer Genetics Group and Academic Coloproctology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interest. Felix Agakov is employed by Pharmatics Limited. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ HC IR. Performed the experiments: JK SMF MW GM. Analyzed the data: LZ FA ET JK AT. Wrote the paper: LZ HC ET. Provided significant advice and consultation: HC JK AFW IR MGD.