Study protocol.
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(DOCX)Click here for additional data file.We thank all the MedLey trial and EPIC participants and staff for their contribution to the study. The authors acknowledge the MedLey team for their support in the recruitment, data collection, and analysis during the trial. The authors acknowledge the following industry partners for donations of foods for the trial: Cobram Estate; Peanut Company of Australia; The Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council; Simplot Australia Pty. Ltd.; Goodman Fielder Ltd; and The Almond Board of Australia. We thank the technical and functional operational teams of the MRC Epidemiology Unit and laboratory team at VITAS AS, Norway, for the measurements of plasma carotenoids in the EPIC-InterAct study. We thank staff from the EPIC-InterAct and EPIC-CVD Coordinating Centres for carrying out sample preparation and data-handling work, particularly Nicola Kerrison (Data Manager, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge) and Sarah Spackman (EPIC-CVD Data Manager). We acknowledge Dr. Rosario Tumino as data contributor from the Ragusa EPIC centre.The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.