Table 1 Description of the original seven cancer-specific matched case-control studies nested within EPIC

From: Pan-cancer analysis of pre-diagnostic blood metabolite concentrations in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Cancer site	Number of samples	Matrix	Laboratory	Kit used
Breast	3172	Citrate plasma^a	IARC	p180
Colorectal (study 1)	946	Citrate plasma	IARC	p180
Colorectal (study 2)	2295	Serum	HZM^b	p150
Endometrial	1706	Citrate plasma	ICL^c	p180
Liver	662	Serum	IARC	p180
Kidney	1213	Citrate plasma	IARC	p180
Prostate	6020	Citrate plasma	IARC	p180

^aExcept Swedish participants (n=101; EDTA plasma)
^bHelmhotz Zentrum München
^cImperial College London

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