About the Authors

Silke Feller

silke.feller@dife.de

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

Birgit Teucher

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

Rudolf Kaaks

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

Heiner Boeing

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

Matthaeus Vigl

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

Analyzed the data: SF. Wrote the manuscript: SF. Study design: RK HB. Supervised the work: HB MV. Responsible for critical review of the manuscript: BT HB MV. Helped with the interpretation of the results: BT HB MV.