“…When reviewing the full text of the remaining 283 articles, we excluded a further 264 additional articles, leaving 19 prospective studies17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 eligible for inclusion in the meta‐analysis. Patients were recruited on the basis of having diabetes mellitus in 2 studies, kidney disease in 7 studies, preexisting heart disease in 5 studies, and recent acute coronary syndromes in 5 studies.…”