Table 2. Hazard Ratios (95% CIs) showing the relationship between MetS and its individual components with stroke recurrence and death^a.

	N (%)	Stroke recurrence		Death
		Multivariate Adjusted HR	P-value	Multivariate AdjustedHR	P-value
MetS	182 (26.0)	2.30 (1.01–5.22)	0.0465	0.96 (0.33–2.82)	0.9416
International Diabetes Federation criteria [12]
Elevated waist circumference	213 (30.4)	2.39 (1.05–5.42)	0.0372	1.50 (0.55–4.05)	0.4252
Elevated TG	274 (39.1)	1.25 (0.58–2.70)	0.5652	0.88 (0.34–2.26)	0.7906
Low HDL-C	374 (53.4)	1.25 (0.58–2.67)	0.5698	1.025 (0.43–2.46)	0.9563
Elevated BPb	655 (93.4)	-	0.9853	0.66 (0.15–2.87)	0.5768
Elevated fasting blood glucose*	373 (53.2)	1.56 (0.66–3.67)	0.3102	0.97 (0.38–2.47)	0.9456

Multivariable models were adjusted for sex, smoking behavior, diabetes, high BMI and LDL-C.

BP blood pressure; TG triglyceride; HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HR hazard ratios.

^aMultivariate Cox regression analysis of stroke and death outcome in patients with ischemic stroke caused by symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis.

^bThere were too few non hypertensive patients in the study to enable the impact of this variable to be analyzed.

^*adjusted for sex, smoking behavior, high BMI and LDL-C.