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Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (2015976)
National Heart Foundation of Australia (105737)
National Heart Foundation of Australia (102061)
National Heart Foundation of Australia (108524)
National Heart Foundation of Australia (104751)
National Heart Foundation of Australia (107125)
Article History
Received: 14 October 2025
Accepted: 5 February 2026
First Online: 25 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The study was approved by the following Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee: (Project ID 45883). All participants provided consent before data collection began.
: All authors have consented to the publication of this research as presented in this manuscript.
: M.F.K. and D.A.C. are members of the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry Management Committee; A.G.T. is a previous Board Member of Stroke Foundation; M.F.K is a member of the Research Advisory Committee of Stroke Foundation; S.L.G. is Chair of Stroke Foundation’s Stroke Prevention Advisory Committee and member of their Clinical Council. Authors report receiving educational grants from Amgen Australia (M.F.K, D.A.C) and GSK (M.F.K, L.L.D) outside the submitted work. M.R.N. reports membership of a Novartis lipids advisory board outside the submitted work. All other authors report no conflicts.