About the Authors
- Jeroen S. L de Munter
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Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Institute of Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Frank B Hu
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Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
- Donna Spiegelman
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mary Franz
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Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Rob M van Dam
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rvandam@hsph.harvard.edu
Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Institute of Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands , Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
JSLdM and RMvD designed the study, analyzed the data, and drafted the paper. FBH and DS provided advice on the statistical analysis and interpretation of the data and commented on drafts of the manuscript. MF created the whole grain food composition database. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.