The NIHSS score within 7 days or at 3 months, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, HbA1c, stroke lesion side, plasma Aβ42, and tau levels within 7 days, and plasma Aβ42, Aβ40, and tau levels at 3 months were not predictors of PSCI at 3 months. Here, MAPT is linked to Hypertension.