Table 2.

RRs used in the all-cause approach and their characteristics.

Approach	Geographical Context	Age	RR		Reference
			Men	Women
Partially adjusted	Worldwide	All adult ages	1.18		Flegal et al. 2013 [27]
Partially adjusted	Europe	All adult ages	1.27		Flegal et al. 2013 [27]
Combined approach	Worldwide	All adult ages	1.27	1.25	Flegal et al. 2013 [27]
Weighted sum method	Europe	<50	1.55	1.5	Lobstein & Leach 2010 [29]
		50–59	1.539	1.49
		60–69	1.5225	1.475
		70+	1.495	1.45
Weighted sum method	Worldwide	< 35	1.59	1.60	Wang 2015 [28]
		35–44	1.39	1.58
		45–54	1.39	1.49
		55–64	1.21	1.35
		65–74	1.15	1.25
		75+	1.11	1.11

For our adjusted CRA approach, we used cause-specific, sex-specific, and age-specific RRs provided by the GBD 2013, which are worldwide RRs based on a meta-analysis [21] (recent RRs). In addition, we identified previously published worldwide RRs based on a meta-analysis [22] (less recent RRs) (see Table 1).