Perez-Cornago, Aurora http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-356X
Fensom, Georgina K.
Andrews, Colm
Watts, Eleanor L.
Allen, Naomi E.
Martin, Richard M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7992-7719
Van Hemelrijck, Mieke
Key, Timothy J.
Travis, Ruth C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cancer Research UK (C60192/A28516)
Article History
Received: 17 March 2020
Revised: 11 August 2020
Accepted: 2 September 2020
First Online: 23 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The UK Biobank study was approved by the North West Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee (reference number 06/MRE08/65). At recruitment, all participants gave informed consent to participate and for their health to be followed-up through linkage to their health-related records.
: This work has been conducted using the UK Biobank Resource under Application Number 3282. Bona-fide researchers can apply to use the UK Biobank dataset by registering and applying at
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: These analyses were supported by a Cancer Research UK Population Research Fellowship (C60192/A28516) to APC and a Cancer Research UK Programme Grant (C8221/A29017). R.M.M. is supported in part by the National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre and by a Cancer Research UK (C18281/A19169) programme grant (the Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme).