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Keywords: Aged; Antihypertensive Agents - pharmacology; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease; Carotid Artery Diseases - epidemiology; Carotid Artery Diseases - etiology; Carotid Artery Diseases - metabolism; Carotid Artery Diseases - physiopathology; Clinical Medicine; Cytokines - analysis; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - drug therapy; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology; Disease Susceptibility; Endarterectomy, Carotid; Extracellular Matrix Proteins - analysis; Female; Fibrosis; Humans; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - pharmacology; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Hypoglycemic Agents - pharmacology; Hypoglycemic Agents - therapeutic use; Inflammation - etiology; Inflammation - physiopathology; Kardiologi; Kardiologi och kardiovaskulära sjukdomar; Klinisk medicin; Male; Matrix Metalloproteinases - analysis; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Metformin - pharmacology; Metformin - therapeutic use; Middle Aged; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - epidemiology; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - etiology; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - metabolism; Plaque, Atherosclerotic - physiopathology; Platelet-Derived Growth Factor - analysis; Principal Component Analysis; Risk; Rupture, Spontaneous; Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases - analysis; atherosclerosis; diabetes mellitus; inflammation; stroke; extracellular matrix