Abstract:Objective To investigate the value of platelet microparticles in predicting short-term prognosis of patients with cerebral infarction due to large artery atherosclerosis.Methods 152 patients with cerebral infarction due to large artery atherosclerosis in Qingdao Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital from July 2015 to November 2020 were enrolled in this study, and all of them were discharged with improved conditions after treatment. According to the prognosis of patients 30 days after discharge, they were divided into the poor prognosis group (n = 37) and the good prognosis group (n = 115). Clinical characteristics, platelet microparticles, and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores were compared between the two groups. The multivariable Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine prognostic indicators. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess the value of platelet microparticles for predicting the prognosis, while Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between platelet microparticles and the prognosis.Results The levels of platelet microparticles, NIHSS scores and mRS scores of patients with poor prognosis were significantly higher than those of patients with good prognosis. Multivariable Logistic regression analysis found that platelet microparticles [O^R = 2.204 (95% CI: 1.547, 3.128) ], NIHSS scores [O^R = 1.784 (95% CI: 1.295, 2.436) ] and mRS scores [O^R = 1.133 (95% CI: 1.057, 1.206) ] were associated with poor prognosis (P < 0.05). As demonstrated by ROC curve analysis, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of platelet microparticles for predicting the poor prognosis was 0.854 (95% CI: 0.792, 0.906), with the sensitivity being 0.89 (95% CI: 0.71, 0.95) and the specificity being 0.77 (95% CI: 0.63, 0.84). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that event-free survival time was shorter in patients with the level of platelet microparticles above the median.Conclusions Platelet microparticles are a potential clinical indicator, as well as a risk factor, of poor prognosis in patients with cerebral infarction due to large artery atherosclerosis.