Author Manuscript 1 Higher carbohydrate intake is associated with increased risk of allcause and diseasespecific mortality in head and neck cancer patients: results from a prospective cohort study Anna E. Arthur*, Amy M. Goss, Wendy DemarkWahnefried, Alison M. Mondul, Kevin R. Fontaine, Yi Tang Chen, William R. Carroll, Sharon A. Spencer, Laura Q. Rogers, Laura S. Rozek, Gregory T. Wolf, Barbara A. Gower, and The University of Michigan Head and Neck SPORE Program Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Urbana, IL (AEA, YC) Carle Cancer Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL (AEA) Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (AMG, WDW, LQR, BAG) Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (AMM) Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (KRF) Department of Otolaryngology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (WRC) Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (SAS) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (LSR) Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (GTW, LSR) Author Last Names: Arthur, Goss, DemarkWahnefried, Mondul, Fontaine, Chen, Carroll, Spencer, Rogers, Rozek, Wolf, Gower *Corresponding author: Anna E. Arthur, PhD, MPH, RDN 905 S Goodwin Ave 386A Bevier Hall Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 217.244.4890 Fax: 217.333.9329 Email: aarthur@illinois.edu Running title: Carbohydrates and head and neck cancer prognosis. Sources of Support: This project was supported by Federal Funds from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health under the University of Michigan Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (UM SPORE): P50CA097248; the UM Cancer Center Support Grant P30CA046592; Anna Arthur was supported by NIH/NCI Cancer Prevention and Control Training Grant: R25 CA047888 and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Hatch Project 1011487. Page 1 of 30 International Journal of Cancer This is the author manuscript accepted for publication and has undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of record. Please cite this article as doi:10.1002/ ijc.31413. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.