Abstract:Objective To explore the effect of metabolic syndrome (MS) on short-term cognitive impairment and neurological dysfunction in patients with acute supertentorium subcortical lacunnar infarction.Methods A total of 106 acute supertentorium subcortical lacunnar infarction patients were selected from May 2016 to June 2018 in this retrospective study. The patients were divided into the MS group and No-MS group according to the diagnostic criteria of MS. The modified Rankin Scale ≥ 3 at 90 d of onset was considered a poor prognosis. All subjects underwent brain MRI and neuropsychological assessments and had blood tests. The results were compared between the two groups. Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the independent influencing factors of short-term prognosis.Results The waistline, the levels of blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol were higher, and the level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was lower in the MS group than in the No-MS group (P < 0.05). The number of lacunnar infarction, the score of Fazekas, the baseline scores of NIHSS and modified Rankin Scale, the score of NIHSS at 90 d were higher in the MS group than in the No-MS group (P < 0.05). The baseline score and the score at 90 d of MoCA were lower in the MS group than in the No-MS group (P < 0.05). There were no statistically significant difference in the score of modified Rankin Scale at 90 d between the MS group and the No-MS group (P > 0.05). The binary logistic regression analysis found that MS was independent risk factor of short-term prognosis [O^R = 3.695 (95% CI: 1.288, 10.600) ].Conclusions In acute supertentorium subcortical lacunnar infarction patients, MS is the independent risk factor of the short-term prognosis. MS is associated with the decline of post-stroke neuromotor dysfunction and possibly related with post-stroke cognitive decline.