About the Authors

Xuehong Zhang

xuehong.zhang@channing.harvard.edu

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jing Ma

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kana Wu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrew T. Chan

Affiliations Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Gastrointestinal Unit, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Charles S. Fuchs

Affiliations Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Edward L. Giovannucci

Affiliations Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to conception and design: XZ, JM, ELG. Acquisition of data: XZ, JM, CSF, ELG. Analysis of data: XZ. Interpretation of data: XZ, JM, KW, ATC, CSF, ELG. Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content: XZ, JM, KW, ATC, CSF, ELG. Approved the final version to be published: XZ, JM, KW, ATC, CSF, ELG.