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    Disability was defined as difficulty with at least one of the six ADL activities (dressing, eating, bathing, walking across a room, getting into/out of bed and using the toilet)

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    Disease was defined as presence of at least one, and Co-morbidity was defined as presence of at least two, of the seven self-reported chronic diseases or conditions (heart problems, cancer, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, or chronic lung disease).<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Sex and the city: Differences in disease- and disability-free life years, and active community participation of elderly men and women in 7 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/8/127</p><p>BMC Public Health 2008;8():127-127.</p><p>Published online 21 Apr 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2387143.</p><p></p

    Additional file 3: Table S1. of A cross-sectional study of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in a Caribbean population: combining objective and questionnaire data to guide future interventions

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    Participant characteristics of Health of the Nation sample aged 25–54 years. Table S2. Distribution of inactivity as assessed by objective and subjective measures for selected population characteristics. Table S3. Proportional contribution of each domain to total energy expenditure in young to middle aged Barbadian adults (excluding unemployed participants). (XLS 17 kb
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