Dietary intake of the water-soluble vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12 and C in 10 countries in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (original) (raw)

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The work described in this paper was carried out with the financial support of the European Commission: Public Health and Consumer Protection Directorate 1993–2004; Research Directorate-General 2005; Ligue contre le Cancer (France); Société 3M (France); Mutuelle Générale de l’Education Nationale; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM); Institut Gustave Roussy; German Cancer Aid; German Cancer Research Center; German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Danish Cancer Society; Health Research Fund (FIS) of the Spanish Ministry of Health; Spanish Regional Governments of Andalucía, Asturias, Basque Country, Murcia and Navarra and the Catalan Institute of Oncology; and ISCIII RETIC (RD06/0020), Spain; Cancer Research UK; Medical Research Council, UK; the Stroke Association, UK; British Heart Foundation; Department of Health, UK; Food Standards Agency, UK; the Wellcome Trust, UK; Greek Ministry of Health; Hellenic Health Foundation; Italian Association for Research on Cancer; Italian National Research Council, Regione Sicilia (Sicilian government); Associazione Iblea per la Ricerca Epidemiologica—ONLUS (Hyblean association for epidemiological research, NPO); Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport; Dutch Prevention Funds; LK Research Funds; Dutch ZON (Zorg Onderzoek Nederland); World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF); Swedish Cancer Society; Swedish Research Council; Regional Government of Skane and the County Council of Vasterbotten, Sweden; Norwegian Cancer Society; the Norwegian Research Council and the Norwegian Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation. We thank Sarah Somerville, Nicole Suty and Karima Abdedayem for assistance with editing and Kimberley Bouckaert and Heinz Freisling for technical assistance.

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1. P Ferrari
   Present address: 25Current address: Data Collection and Exposure Unit (DATEX), European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy.,
2. J Linseisen
   Present address: 26Current address: Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.,
3. S Bingham: The author is deceased.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
   A Olsen & J Halkjær
2. Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
   C H van Gils & P H M Peeters
3. Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
   B Buijsse & C Weikert
4. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
   H Verhagen & M C Ocké
5. Lifestyle and Cancer Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
   M Jenab
6. Inserm ERI 20, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
   M C Boutron-Ruault, M Touvier & M Niravong
7. Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
   U Ericson
8. AFSSA (French Food Safety Agency), DERNS/PASER, Maisons-Alfort, France
   M Touvier
9. Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
   M Waaseth & G Skeie
10. University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    K T Khaw
11. Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    R Travis
12. Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
    P Ferrari & N Slimani
13. Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
    M J Sanchez
14. Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
    A Agudo
15. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    K Overvad
16. Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
    J Linseisen
17. Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Turin, Italy
    C Sacerdote
18. Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
    A Evangelista
19. Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
    D Zylis & K Tsiotas
20. Department of Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
    J Manjer
21. Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    B van Guelpen
22. Department of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College, London, UK
    E Riboli
23. Diet and Cancer Group, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge, UK
    S Bingham
24. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    S Bingham

Authors

1. A Olsen
2. J Halkjær
3. C H van Gils
4. B Buijsse
5. H Verhagen
6. M Jenab
7. M C Boutron-Ruault
8. U Ericson
9. M C Ocké
10. P H M Peeters
11. M Touvier
12. M Niravong
13. M Waaseth
14. G Skeie
15. K T Khaw
16. R Travis
17. P Ferrari
18. M J Sanchez
19. A Agudo
20. K Overvad
21. J Linseisen
22. C Weikert
23. C Sacerdote
24. A Evangelista
25. D Zylis
26. K Tsiotas
27. J Manjer
28. B van Guelpen
29. E Riboli
30. N Slimani
31. S Bingham

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Correspondence toA Olsen.

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Guarantor: A Olsen.Contributors: AO conducted the statistical analysis, prepared tables and wrote the paper, taking into account comments from all co-authors. NS was the overall coordinator of this project and of the EPIC Nutrient Database (ENDB) project. JH, CG, BB, HV, MJ, MB and UE were members of the writing group and gave input on the statistical analysis, drafting of the article and interpretation of results. The other co-authors were local EPIC collaborators who participated in the collection of dietary and other data and in the ENDB project. ER is the overall coordinator of the EPIC study. All co-authors provided comments and suggestions on the article and approved the final version.

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Olsen, A., Halkjær, J., van Gils, C. et al. Dietary intake of the water-soluble vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12 and C in 10 countries in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.Eur J Clin Nutr 63 (Suppl 4), S122–S149 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2009.78

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