About the Authors

Alison M. Mondul

mondulam@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stephanie J. Weinstein

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Tracey Bosworth

Affiliation Laboratory Medicine Department, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alan T. Remaley

Affiliation Laboratory Medicine Department, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jarmo Virtamo

Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Demetrius Albanes

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA JV AMM. Performed the experiments: ATR TB. Analyzed the data: AMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ATR. Wrote the paper: AMM SJW DA.