About the Authors

Neil Murphy

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Teresa Norat

t.norat@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Pietro Ferrari

Affiliation International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France

Mazda Jenab

Affiliation International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France

Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

Affiliations The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Guri Skeie

Affiliation Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Christina C. Dahm

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark and Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Kim Overvad

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Anja Olsen

Affiliation Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark

Anne Tjønneland

Affiliation Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark

Françoise Clavel-Chapelon

Affiliations Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, Paris South University, UMRS 1018, Villejuif, France

Marie Christine Boutron-Ruault

Affiliations Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, Paris South University, UMRS 1018, Villejuif, France

Antoine Racine

Affiliations Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, Paris South University, UMRS 1018, Villejuif, France

Rudolf Kaaks

Affiliation German Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, Heidelberg, Germany

Birgit Teucher

Affiliation German Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, Heidelberg, Germany

Heiner Boeing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany

Manuela M. Bergmann

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany

Antonia Trichopoulou

Affiliations WHO Collaborating Center for Food and Nutrition Policies, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece

Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, Untied States of America, Bureau of Epidemiologic Research, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Pagona Lagiou

Affiliations WHO Collaborating Center for Food and Nutrition Policies, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, Untied States of America, Bureau of Epidemiologic Research, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Domenico Palli

Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute – ISPO, Florence, Italy

Valeria Pala

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy

Salvatore Panico

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Rosario Tumino

Affiliation Cancer Registry and Histopathology Unit, “Civile - M.P. Arezzo” Hospital, Ragusa, Italy

Paolo Vineis

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, HuGeF Foundation, Torino, Italy

Peter Siersema

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Franzel van Duijnhoven

Affiliations The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Petra H. M. Peeters

Affiliation Julius Centre, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Anette Hjartaker

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Dagrun Engeset

Affiliation Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Carlos A. González

Affiliation Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain

Maria-José Sánchez

Affiliations Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain, CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Spain

Miren Dorronsoro

Affiliation Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa., Basque Regional Health Department and Ciberesp-Biodonostia, San Sebastian, Spain

Carmen Navarro

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Spain, Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Authority, Murcia, Spain

Eva Ardanaz

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Spain, Navarre Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain

José R. Quirós

Affiliation Public Health and Health Planning Directorate, Asturias, Spain

Emily Sonestedt

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Sweden

Ulrika Ericson

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Sweden

Lena Nilsson

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Richard Palmqvist

Affiliation Medical Bioscience, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Kay-Tee Khaw

Affiliation University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nick Wareham

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Timothy J. Key

Affiliation Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Francesca L. Crowe

Affiliation Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Veronika Fedirko

Affiliation International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France

Petra A. Wark

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Shu-Chun Chuang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Elio Riboli

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: NM TN. Wrote the paper: NM TN. Review: PF MJ BBM GS ER. Interpretation of results: NM TN PF MJ BBM GS ER. Commented on the analysis and interpretation of the findings: CCD KO AO AT FCC MCBR AR RK BT HB MMB AT DT PL DP VP SP RT PV PS FvD PHMP AH DE CAG MJS MD CN EA JRQ ES UE LN RP KTK NW TJK FLC VF PAW SCC. Approved the manuscript: CCD KO AO AT FCC MCBR AR RK BT HB MMB AT DT PL DP VP SP RT PV PS FvD PHMP AH DE CAG MJS MD CN EA JRQ ES UE LN RP KTK NW TJK FLC VF PAW SCC.