About the Authors

Yingying Wang

Ying-Ying.Wang@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC|CSO Social & Public Health Science Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Nick Freemantle

Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Irwin Nazareth

Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Kate Hunt

Affiliation MRC|CSO Social & Public Health Science Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH YW. Analyzed the data: YW. Wrote the paper: YW. Discussed the design of the study: YW KH NF IN. Ran the poisson regression models for the analysis of cancer survival: NF. Edited the manuscript: KH. Commented and approved the final draft of manuscript: NF IN.