About the Authors

Angelika Wientzek

angelika.wientzek@dife.de

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

Matthäus Vigl

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

Karen Steindorf

Affiliation Division of Preventive Oncology (G110), National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Boris Brühmann

Affiliation Division of Preventive Oncology (G110), National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Manuela M. Bergmann

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

Ulrich Harttig

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

Verena Katzke

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology (C020), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Rudolf Kaaks

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology (C020), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Heiner Boeing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB RK. Analyzed the data: AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV HB RK UH VK. Wrote the paper: AW MV KS BB MMB VK.