Noncardiogenic Stroke Patients with Metabolic Syndrome Have More Border-zone Infarction and Intracranial Artery Stenosis

Background Little is known about the clinical character of stroke patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Chinese population. In this hospital-based cross-sectional study, we elucidated the prevalence of MetS among patients with acute noncardiogenic cerebral infarction from south China, the topographic infarction patterns in magnetic resonance imaging, and vascular angiography findings of stroke patients with MetS. Methods The patients with acute noncardiogenic stroke were clinically evaluated including waistline circumference, blood pressure, glycemia, serum triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography evaluation, including magnetic resonance angiography, computed tomography angiography, or digital subtraction angiography for intracranial (IC) and extracranial arteries. According to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criterion, the patients were classified into the MetS and non–MetS groups. Results Among 222 patients studied, the prevalence of MetS was 54.5%, and there were more women in the MetS group than in the non–MetS group ( P P P Conclusions According to our findings, MetS was of high prevalence in noncardiogenic stroke patients in China, and female patients were more likely to have MetS. The MetS patients tended to have more BZ infarctions and more IC artery stenosis than the non-MetS stroke patients.