EPIC study

The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study is one of the largest cohort studies in the world, with more than half a million (521 000) participants recruited across 10 European countries and followed for almost 15 years. EPIC was designed to investigate the relationships between diet, nutritional status, lifestyle and environmental factors, and the incidence of cancer and other chronic diseases. EPIC investigators are active in all fields of epidemiology, and important contributions have been made in nutritional epidemiology using biomarker analysis and questionnaire information, as well as genetic and lifestyle investigations.

欧洲癌症与营养前瞻性调查（EPIC）研究系全球最大的队列研究之一，招募了超过五十万（521,000）名参与者，分布于欧洲10个国家，追踪调查近15年。EPIC旨在探究饮食、营养状态、生活方式以及环境因素与癌症及其他慢性疾病发生率之间的关系。EPIC研究人员活跃于流行病学所有领域，通过生物标志物分析、问卷信息以及遗传和生活方式研究，在营养流行病学领域做出了重要贡献。