About the Authors

Rajna Golubic

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Anne M. May

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

Kristin Benjaminsen Borch

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Kim Overvad

Affiliation Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark and Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Marie-Aline Charles

Affiliation Inserm, Centre for research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Lifelong epidemiology of obesity, diabètes and chronic renal disease Team, F-94807, Villejuif, France; Univ Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018, F-94807, Villejuif, France

Maria Jose Tormo Diaz

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Authority, Murcia, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, Department Sociosanitary Sciences, Murcia School of Medicine, Murcia, Spain

Pilar Amiano

Affiliation Subdirección de Salud Pública de Gipuzkoa, Gobierno Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain

Domenico Palli

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

Elisavet Valanou

Affiliation Hellenic Health Foundation (HHF), Athens, Greece

Matthaeus Vigl

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany

Paul W. Franks

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic & Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Genetic Epidemiology & Clinical Research Group, Department of Public Health & Clinical Medicine, Section for Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Nicholas Wareham

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ulf Ekelund

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Soren Brage

soren.brage@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB UE NW PWF MV EV DP PA MJTD MAC KO KBB AMM. Performed the experiments: SB PWF MV EV DP PA MJTD MAC KO KBB AMM. Analyzed the data: RG. Wrote the paper: RG SB UE.