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Keywords: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - blood; Blood Pressure; Body Size; C-Reactive Protein - metabolism; Carotid Stenosis - blood; Carotid Stenosis - complications; Carotid Stenosis - pathology; Carotid Stenosis - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Fibrinogen - metabolism; Greece; Humans; Ischemic Attack, Transient - blood; Ischemic Attack, Transient - etiology; Ischemic Attack, Transient - pathology; Ischemic Attack, Transient - physiopathology; Leukocyte Count; Lipids - blood; Logistic Models; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neurology; Osteopontin - blood; Osteoprotegerin - blood; Stroke - blood; Stroke - etiology; Stroke - pathology; Stroke - physiopathology; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; Up-Regulation; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Vascular surgery: aorta, extremities, vena cava. Surgery of the lymphatic vessels; Greece; Calcification; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid; Surgery