Title: Pancreatic cancer and autoimmune diseases: An association sustained by computational and epidemiological case-control approaches Authors:

Authors: Paulina Gomez-Rubio, PhD (1,2); Janet Piñero, PhD (3); Esther Molina-Montes, PhD (1,2); Alba Gutiérrez-Sacristán, PhD (3); Mirari Marquez, PhD (1,2); Marta Rava, PhD (1,2); Christoph W. Michalski, MD PhD (4,5); Antoni Farré, MD, PhD (6); Xavier Molero, MD, PhD (2,7,8); Matthias Löhr, MD, PhD (9); José Perea, MD PhD (10); William Greenhalf, PhD (11); Mich el O‟Rorke, PhD (12); Adonina Tardón, MD, PhD (2,13); Thomas Gress, MD, PhD (14); Victor M. Barberà, PhD (15); Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic, PhD (16); Luís Muñoz-Bellvís, MD (17); Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz, MD (18); Joaquim Balsells, MD (2,7,8); Eithne Costello, PhD (11); Jingru Yu (9); Mar Iglesias, MD (19); Lucas Ilzarbe, MD (19); Jörg Kleeff, MD, PhD (4,20); Bo Kong, PhD (4); Josefina Mora, PhD (6); Liam Murray, PhD (12); D mi n O‟Driscoll, PhD (21); Ignasi Poves, MD (19); Rita T. Lawlor, PhD (22); Weimin Ye, MD, PhD (23); Manuel Hidalgo, MD, PhD (24,25); Aldo Scarpa, MD, PhD (22); Linda Sharp, PhD (21,26); Alfredo Carrato, MD, PhD (2,27); Francisco X. Real* (2,28,29); Laura I. Furlong* (3); Núria Malats (1,2); on behalf of the PanGenEU Study Investigators (30).