Table S3. Comparison of GBD 2015 and GBD 2016 covariates used and level of covariates.
| Cause | Sex | Covariate | GBD 2015 | GBD 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Cumulative cigarettes (10 years) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Cumulative cigarettes (15 years) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Sociodemographic index | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Cumulative cigarettes (5 years) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Alcohol (liters per capita) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Education (years per capita) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | LDI (I$ per capita) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Health System Access 2 (unitless) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Diabetes age-standardized prevalence (proportion) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Smoking prevalence | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Mean BMI | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Male | Log-transformed SEV scalar: Kidney C | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Cumulative cigarettes (10 years) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Cumulative cigarettes (15 years) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Sociodemographic index | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Cumulative cigarettes (5 years) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Alcohol (liters per capita) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Total calories (kcal per capita) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Education (years per capita) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | LDI (I$ per capita) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Health System Access 2 (unitless) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Diabetes age-standardized prevalence (proportion) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Total fertility rate | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Smoking prevalence | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Mean BMI | X | X | |||||
| Kidney cancer | Female | Log-transformed SEV scalar: Kidney C | X | X | |||||
GBD, Global Burden of Disease Study; BMI, body mass index.