Abstract:Objective To explore the relationship between the serum level of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), coefficient of variation of red cell distribution width (RDW-CV), neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) with early neurological deterioration and prognosis of patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI).Methods Ninety patients with ACI admitted to our Hospital from May 2018 to January 2022 were selected as the ACI group, and another 90 healthy volunteers without cerebrovascular diseases were selected as the control group. The serum level of Lp-PLA2, RDW-CV and NLR of the two groups of subjects were compared, and subgroup analysis was conducted on the patients according to their degree of neurological impairment. The patients were divided into good prognosis group and bad prognosis group based on the neurological function recovery 3 months after the treatment. The relationship between the level of Lp-PLA2, RDW-CV, and NLR with the prognosis of ACI patients was analyzed via multivariable Logistic regression models.Results The serum level of Lp-PLA2, RDW-CV, and NLR of patients in the ACI group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The serum level of Lp-PLA2, RDW-CV, and NLR in ACI patients with an NIHSS score ≤ 15 were lower than those in ACI patients with an NIHSS score > 15 (P < 0.05). The serum level of Lp-PLA2, RDW-CV, and NLR in patients with good prognosis were lower than those in patients with poor prognosis (P < 0.05). The multivariable Logistic regression analysis exhibited that high NIHSS scores [O^R = 1.790 (95% CI: 1.101, 2.910) ], large-sized infarct lesions [O^R = 1.745 (95% CI: 1.084, 2.810) ], low GCS scores at admission [O^R = 0.608 (95% CI: 0.375, 0.986) ], high serum levels of Lp-PLA2 [O^R=1.677 (95% CI: 1.068, 2.632) ], high RDW-CV [O^R = 1.737 (95% CI: 1.148, 2.626) ] and high NLR [O^R = 1.642 (95% CI: 1.034, 2.608) ] were risk factors for poor prognosis in ACI patients (P < 0.05).Conclusions The serum levels of Lp-PLA2, RDW-CV and NLR in patients with ACI were significantly higher than those in patients with non-cerebrovascular diseases, and were closely related to the degree of early neurological impairment and the adverse prognosis of patients.