“…Compared to non-DM patients, DM patients had an increased risk of long-term MAEs after CEA (3 studies, 14,226 patients; ES: 1.24, 95% CI: 1.04-1.49, P = 0.018; prevalence in DM vs. non-DM:12.2% vs. 9.2%). [15,16,18] There was no significant association between DM and a higher long-term risk of stroke, [16,18,20,21] death/stroke, [16,18,20] death, [16,18,20,21] or MI 16,18 [Figure 3]. And the heterogeneity analysis shows that the I 2 values for all research indicators are less than 50%.…”