There is concrete evidence showing the association between A-FABP and the risk factors/poor prognostic markers of ischemic stroke, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, arterial stiffness, higher levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and cerebral embolization from carotid atherosclerosis [17,121,122,123]. Here, FABP4 is linked to Hypertension.