Specific food group combinations explaining the variation in intakes of nutrients and other important food components in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition: an application of the reduced rank regression method (original) (raw)

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The work described in the 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 their assistance with editing, and Kimberley Bouckaert and Heinz Freisling for their technical assistance.

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1. P Ferrari
   Present address: 27Current address: Data Collection and Exposure Unit (DATEX), European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy.,
2. M B Schulze
   Present address: 28Current address: Public Health Nutrition Unit, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.,
3. K Hoffmann and S Bingham: The authors are deceased.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
   J Kröger, M Schulz, H Boeing, K Hoffmann, M B Schulze & T Pischon
2. Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
   P Ferrari, I Huybrechts & N Slimani
3. Lifestyle and Cancer Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
   M Jenab
4. Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
   C Bamia, V Benetou, P Orfanos & E Oikonomou
5. Inserm, ERI 20, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
   M Touvier, M C Boutron-Ruault & M Niravong
6. AFSSA (French Food Safety Agency), DERNS/PASER, Maisons-Alfort, France
   M Touvier
7. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
   H B Bueno-de-Mesquita & M C Ocké
8. Biostatistics Unit, Medical Research Council and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
   M T Fahey
9. Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
   E Wirfält
10. Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
    S Rohrmann
11. Department of Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
    J Manjer
12. Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Nutritional Research, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    A Agren
13. Epidemiology Department, Murcia Health Council, Murcia
    C Navarro
14. CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
    C Navarro
15. Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
    P Jakszyn
16. University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    K T Khaw
17. Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    F Crowe
18. Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Y T van der Schouw
19. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy
    A Mattiello
20. Department of Preventive & Predictive Medicine, Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
    M Bellegotti
21. Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
    D Engeset
22. Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
    A Hjartåker
23. Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
    R Egeberg
24. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    K Overvad
25. Department of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College, London, UK
    E Riboli
26. Diet and Cancer Group, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge, UK
    S Bingham
27. 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. J Kröger
2. P Ferrari
3. M Jenab
4. C Bamia
5. M Touvier
6. H B Bueno-de-Mesquita
7. M T Fahey
8. V Benetou
9. M Schulz
10. E Wirfält
11. H Boeing
12. K Hoffmann
13. M B Schulze
14. P Orfanos
15. E Oikonomou
16. I Huybrechts
17. S Rohrmann
18. T Pischon
19. J Manjer
20. A Agren
21. C Navarro
22. P Jakszyn
23. M C Boutron-Ruault
24. M Niravong
25. K T Khaw
26. F Crowe
27. M C Ocké
28. Y T van der Schouw
29. A Mattiello
30. M Bellegotti
31. D Engeset
32. A Hjartåker
33. R Egeberg
34. K Overvad
35. E Riboli
36. S Bingham
37. N Slimani

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Contributors: JK carried out the statistical analyses, prepared the tables and figures, 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. JK, PF, MJ, CB, MT, HBB-d-M, MTF, VB, MS, EW, HB, KH and MBS were members of the writing group and gave input on the statistical analyses, drafting of the manuscript 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 manuscript and approved the final version.

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Kröger, J., Ferrari, P., Jenab, M. et al. Specific food group combinations explaining the variation in intakes of nutrients and other important food components in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition: an application of the reduced rank regression method.Eur J Clin Nutr 63 (Suppl 4), S263–S274 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2009.85

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