GCG and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Balestrieri et al. also evaluated the effect of incretin-based therapy (either GLP-1RAs or DPP-4i) on atherosclerotic plaques obtained from 52 patients with T2DM (of whom 24 were treated with GLP-1RAs or DPP-4i for a mean duration of 26 months) and 30 non-diabetic patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy [58].