About the Authors

Costanza Pizzi

costanza.pizzi@unito.it

Affiliations Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Turin, Italy, Centre for Statistical Methodology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Tim J. Cole

Affiliation Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

Lorenzo Richiardi

Affiliation Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Turin, Italy

Isabel dos-Santos-Silva

Affiliation Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Camila Corvalan

Affiliation Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Bianca De Stavola

Affiliation Centre for Statistical Methodology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP TC LR ISS CC BDS. Analyzed the data: CP. Wrote the paper: CP BDS. Interpreted the findings and revised the manuscript: CP TC LR ISS CC BDS. Provided the statistical model and the statistical algorithm used: TC.