About the Authors

Marieke G. M. Braem

m.g.m.braem@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

N. Charlotte Onland-Moret

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Leo J. Schouten

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Roy F. P. M. Kruitwagen

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Annekatrin Lukanova

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

Naomi E. Allen

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

Petra A. Wark

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary’s Campus, London, United Kingdom

Anne Tjønneland

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

Louise Hansen

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

Christina Marie Braüner

Affiliation 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

Françoise Clavel-Chapelon

Affiliation Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

Nathalie Chabbert-Buffet

Affiliations Gynecology Department Hospital Tenon AP-HP, Paris, France, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France

Birgit Teucher

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

Anna Floegel

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

Heiner Boeing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, 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

George Adarakis

Affiliation Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece

Maria Plada

Affiliation Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece

Sabina Rinaldi

Affiliation Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, Nutritional Epidemiology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Veronika Fedirko

Affiliation Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, Nutritional Epidemiology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Isabelle Romieu

Affiliation Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, Nutritional Epidemiology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Valeria Pala

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

Rocco Galasso

Affiliation Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico - Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Basilicata, Unit of Clinical Epidemiolgy, Biostatistics and Cancer Registry, Rionero in Vulture, Italy

Carlotta Sacerdote

Affiliations Center for Cancer Prevention (CPO-Piemonte), Turin, Italy, Human Genetic Foundation, Torino, Italy

Domenico Palli

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

Rosario Tumino

Affiliation Cancer Registry and Histopathology Unit, "Civile - M.P. Arezzo" Hospital, ASP 7 Ragusa, Italy

H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

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

Inger Torhild Gram

Affiliation Institute of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway

Oxana Gavrilyuk

Affiliation Institute of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway

Eiliv Lund

Affiliation Institute of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway

Maria-José Sánchez

Affiliations Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica, Granada, Spain, Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain

Catalina Bonet

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

Maria-Dolores Chirlaque

Affiliations Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Authority, Murcia, Spain

Nerea Larrañaga

Affiliations Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain, Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa, Basque Government, Spain

Aurelio Barricarte Gurrea

Affiliations Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain, Navarre Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain

Jose R. Quirós

Affiliation Public Health and Health Planning Directorate, Asturias, Spain

Annika Idahl

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Nutritional research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Nina Ohlson

Affiliation Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Eva Lundin

Affiliation Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Karin Jirström

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Pathology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Salma Butt

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Konstantinos K. Tsilidis

Affiliations Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece

Kay-Tee Khaw

Affiliation University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nick Wareham

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Elio Riboli

Affiliation School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Rudolf Kaaks

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

Petra H. M. Peeters

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGMB NCOM LJS RFPMK AL NEA PAW AT LH CMB KO FCC NCB BT AF HB AT GA MP SR VF IR VP RG CS DP RT HBBM ITG OG EL MJS CB MDS NL ABG JRQ AI NO EL KJ SB KKT KTK NW ER RK PHMP. Analyzed the data: MGMB NCOM LJS AL NEA PAW PHMP. Wrote the paper: MGMB NCOM LJS RFPMK AL NEA PAW AT LH CMB KO FCC NCB BT AF HB AT GA MP SR VF IR VP RG CS DP RT HBBM ITG OG EL MJS CB MDC NL ABG JRQ AI NO EL KJ SB KKT KTK NW ER RK PHMP.