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9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, Alzheimer disease or death from Alzheimer disease is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          smoking at least 20 pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products, before the clinical onset of Alzheimer disease, and where smoking has ceased, the clinical onset of Alzheimer disease has occurred within five years of cessation;
            Note: pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(2)          undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the brain was in the field of radiation, at least ten years before the clinical onset of Alzheimer disease;
(3)          being obese for at least ten years before the clinical onset of Alzheimer disease;
Note: being obese is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(4)          having dyslipidaemia before the age of 65 years and at least ten years before the clinical onset of Alzheimer disease;
Note: dyslipidaemia is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(5)          having diabetes mellitus for at least the ten years before the clinical onset of Alzheimer disease;
(6)          having hyperhomocysteinaemia at least ten years before the clinical onset of Alzheimer disease;
Note: hyperhomocysteinaemia is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          an inability to undertake any physical activity greater than three METs for at least five years, at least ten years before the clinical onset of Alzheimer disease;
Note: MET is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(8)          inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for Alzheimer disease.