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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                               atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter—see subsection 7(2).
                               being overweight or obese means:
(a)          having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or greater; or
(b)          for males, having a waist circumference exceeding 94 centimetres; or
(c)          for females, having a waist circumference exceeding 80 centimetres.
Note: BMI is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                               binge drinking means consumption of large amounts of alcohol in a short space of time resulting in acute alcohol intoxication.
Note: Acute alcohol intoxication typically occurs when there is consumption of:
(a) 4 or more standard alcoholic drinks by an adult female within a 2 hour time period; or
(b) 5 or more standard alcoholic drinks by an adult male within a 2 hour time period; or
(c) sufficient alcohol as would result in a blood alcohol concentration greater than 0.1 gram of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.
                               BMI means W/H2 where:
(a)          W is the person's weight in kilograms; and
(b)          H is the person's height in metres.
                               chronic renal failure means:
(a)          having a glomerular filtration rate of less than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 for a period of at least 3 months; or
(b)          a need for renal replacement therapy (dialysis or transplantation) for treatment of complications of decreased glomerular filtration rate which would otherwise increase the risk of morbidity and mortality; or
(c)          undergoing chronic dialysis.

                                     equivalent glucocorticoid therapy means a glucocorticoid in the following table, at the doses specified in the table, or a therapeutically equivalent dose of another glucocorticoid:
 Glucocorticoid      Minimum cumulative  Minimum average
                     dose (milligram)    rate (milligram/day)
 betamethasone       45                  1.5
 cortisone           1 875               62.5
 dexamethasone       55                  1.8
 methylprednisolone  300                 10
 paramethasone       150                 5
 prednisolone        375                 12.5
 prednisone          375                 12.5
 triamcinolone       300                 10

                                     glucocorticoid therapy as specified means taking:
(a)          hydrocortisone, orally or by injection:
(i)            to a cumulative dose of at least 1,500 milligrams; and
(ii)         at a minimum dose rate averaging 50 milligrams per day; or
(b)          equivalent glucocorticoid therapy, orally or by injection.

     Note: equivalent glucocorticoid therapy is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                               MET means a unit of measurement of the level of physical exertion.  1 MET = 3.5 ml of oxygen/kg of body weight per minute, or 1.0 kcal/kg of body weight per hour, or resting metabolic rate.
                               MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
     one pack-year means the amount of tobacco consumed in smoking 20 cigarettes per day for a period of 1 year, or an equivalent amount of tobacco products.
Note 1: An equivalent amount of tobacco products is 7,300 grams of smoking tobacco by weight, either in cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, or a combination of same. For pipe tobacco, cigars or