Article title: Anthropometric characteristics and risk of lymphoid and myeloid Leukemia in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

Journal name: Cancer Causes and Control

Author names: Fatemeh Saberi Hosnijeh1,2, Isabelle Romieu3, Valentina Gallo 4, Elio Riboli4, Anne Tjønneland5, Jytte Halkjær5, Guy Fagherazzi6,7, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon6,7, Laure Dossus6,7, Annie Lukanova8, Rudolf Kaaks8, Antonia Trichopoulou9,10, Pagona Lagiou9,11, Michael Katsoulis10, Salvatore Panico12, Giovanna Tagliabue13, Catalina Bonet14, Miren Dorronsoro15, José María Huerta16,17, Eva Ardanaz17,18, Maria-José Sánchez 17,19, Dorthe Johansen20, Signe Borgquist21, Petra Peeters22, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita23,24, Martine M Ros23,25, Ruth C. Travis26, Timothy J. Key26, Paolo Vineis4*, Roel Vermeulen1,22*

Affiliation: 1 Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Division Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University, Netherlands; 2 Zanjan University of medical science, Zanjan, Iran; 3 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France; 4Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine,Imperial College, London, UK; 5Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; 6Inserm, U1018, Gustave Roussy Institute, F-94805, Villejuif, France; 7Paris South University, UMRS 1018, F-94805, Villejuif, France; 8Division of Cancer Epidemiology German Cancer Research Centre Heidelberg, Germany; 9 WHO Collaborating Center for Food and Nutrition Policies, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece; 101 Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece; 11 Bureau of Epidemiologic Research, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece; 12 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Federico II University, Naples, Italy; 13 Environmental Epidemiology and Cancer Registry Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; 14 Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer,Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO),Barcelona, Spain; 15 Public health Division of Gipuzkoa, Basque Regional Health Department and Biodonostia/Ciberesp,Spain; 16 Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Authority, Murcia, Spain; 17 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain; 18 Navarre Public Health Institute,Pamplona,Spain; 19 AndalusianSchoolof Public Health, Granada (Spain); 20Department of Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; 21Clinical Sciences, Department of Oncology, Lund University, Sweden;22 Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands; 23National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands; 24 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 25 Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and HTA, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ;26 Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

* Co-last authors

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Roel Vermeulen

Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences

Division Environmental Epidemiology

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Online Resource 3: Pearson Correlation Coefficients

Men / Women
WC / WHR / Height / WC / WHR / Height
Body Mass Index / 0.861
<0.0001 / 0.557
<0.0001 / -0.173
<0.0001 / 0.863
<0.0001 / 0.455
<0.0001 / -0.244
<0.0001
Waist Circumference (WC) / 0.769
<0.0001 / 0.030
<0.0001 / 0.750
<0.0001 / -0.089
<0.0001
Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) / -0.120
<0.0001 / -0.155
<0.0001