About the Authors

Tilman Kühn

t.kuehn@dkfz.de

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

Rudolf Kaaks

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

Birgit Teucher

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

Frank Hirche

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Jutta Dierkes

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Cornelia Weikert

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

Verena Katzke

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

Heiner Boeing

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

Gabriele I. Stangl

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Brian Buijsse

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB CW TK BT RK HB . Performed the experiments: TK BB. Analyzed the data: TK BB. Wrote the manuscript: TK. Acquired the data: RK HB CW BT BB VK. Acquired biochemical data: FH GIS. Interpreted the data: TK RK CW BB. Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: TK RK CW BB HB JD VK BT JD FH GIS.