*Cancer Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
†Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
‡Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
§Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
∥Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Study of Digestive Health (SDH) Investigators: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia: David C. Whiteman, Adele C. Green, Nicholas K. Hayward, Peter G. Parsons, Sandra J. Pavey, David M. Purdie, Penelope M. Webb. University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia: David Gotley, B. Mark Smithers. The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia: Glyn G. Jamieson. Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia: Paul Drew, David I. Watson. Envoi Pathology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Andrew Clouston.
Barrett’s Oesophagus Metabolic Study Research Staff: Project Manager: Suzanne O’Brien; Research Scientists: Derek Nancarrow, Linda Fletcher; Research Nurses: Christine Hill, Jeanette Mayhew, and Andrea McMurtrie. Data manager: Barbara Ranieri.
Supported by grants by the Queensland Cancer Fund, Queensland Government Smart State Fund, and the Princess Alexandra Hospital Research Foundation. The SDH was funded by the National Cancer Institute (grant RO1 CA 001833). D.C.W. and A.P.T. are supported by Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. The funding bodies played no role in the design or conduct of the study; the collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data; or preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
B.J.K., G.A.M., J.B.P., and D.C.W.: designed and obtained funding for this study. D.C.W.: for the SDH study. S.O.: managed the research nursing staff. B.J.K., A.P.T., and D.C.W.: designed the statistical analysis. B.J.K.: performed the statistical analysis and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. D.C.W.: provided overall supervision.
The authors declare that they have nothing to disclose.
Address correspondence to: Bradley J. Kendall, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, c/- Southside Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia (e-mail: [email protected]).
