A sensitivity analysis on cancer mortality, excluding the subjects who were lost to follow-up or died within 2 years of the visit with the assessment of the allergy marker [(eosinophils: total n = 44, cancer mortality n = 10), (skin test positivity: total n = 41, cancer mortality n = 7), and (total IgE: total n = 30, cancer mortality n = 12)], gave similar results as the main analysis (results not shown). This evidence concerns the gene IGHE and Allergy.