Letter to the Editor
The Importance of Considering Sex and Gender in Cardiovascular Research

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Author Contributions

AO conceptualised the audit. AJS completed the data curation and wrote the original draft. All authors contributed to reviewing and editing the paper.

Role of the Funding Source

AB is supported by an MRFF NHMRC TRIP Fellowship. AO is supported by a Future Leader Fellowship from the Heart Foundation, Australia. AM is supported by a Victorian Health and Medical Research Fellowship. MW is supported by Program and Fellowship grants from the NHMRC. These funding sources were not directly involved in the research.

Declaration of Interest

None.

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