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Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
 1.           where smoking has ceased before clinical onset or clinical worsening:
         1.           having smoked at least one half of one pack-year but less than 5 pack-years, before clinical onset or clinical worsening, and the clinical onset or clinical worsening has occurred within 5 years of smoking cessation; or
         2.           having smoked at least 5 pack-years but less than 20 pack-years, before clinical onset or clinical worsening, and the clinical onset or clinical worsening occurred within 20 years of smoking cessation; or
         3.           having smoked at least 20 pack-years before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
Note: one pack-year is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
 1.           where exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke has not ceased, being exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke exhaled by others in an enclosed space for at least 1,000 hours before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
 2.           where exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke has ceased:
         1.           being exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke exhaled by others in an enclosed space for at least 1,000 hours but less than 5,000 hours before clinical onset or clinical worsening, and the clinical onset or clinical worsening has occurred within 5 years of the last exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke; or
         2.           being exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke exhaled by others in an enclosed space for at least 5,000 hours before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
 3.           an inability to undertake any physical activity greater than 3 METs for at least the 5 years before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
Note: MET (metabolic equivalent) is a unit of measure of the level of physical capability of the cardiorespiratory system. For example, 1 MET = cardiorespiratory effort associated with a person sitting, 3-4 METs = cardiorespiratory effort associated with a person walking at average walking pace (5 km/h) or light gardening.
 1.       having chronic kidney disease before clinical onset or clinical worsening as indicated by one of the following:
         1.           a glomerular filtration rate of less than 45 mL/min/1.73 m2 for at least 3 months;
         2.           albuminuria with an albumin to creatinine ratio of at least 3 milligrams/millimole for at least 3 months;
         3.           kidney damage, as evidenced by renal biopsy, imaging studies, urinary sediment abnormalities or other markers of abnormal renal function;
         4.           having had a kidney transplant;
 2.       having Hashimoto thyroiditis for at least 2 years within the 10 years before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
 3.       having radiotherapy for cancer, where the heart was in the field of radiation, before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
 4.       undergoing a procedure involving catheterisation of the affected coronary artery within the 30 days before clinical onset or clinical worsening of myocardial infarction or unstable angina;
 5.       having infective endocarditis