About the Authors

Maryam Hashemian

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

hashemian3@gmail.com

Affiliations Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States of America, Digestive Oncology Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Gwen Murphy

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States of America

Arash Etemadi

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States of America

Linda M. Liao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States of America

Sanford M. Dawsey

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States of America

Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Christian C. Abnet

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.