However, we did not find significant differences between the groups regarding sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, BMI, hypertension, DM, hyperlipidemia, history of ischemic stroke, history of hemorrhagic stroke, history of subarachnoid hemorrhage, antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulant drugs, antihypertensive drugs, lipid-lowering drugs, SBP, DBP, platelet, creatinine, TC, TG, HDL, ALT, AST, ALP, surgical treatment, location, deep CMs, lobar CMs, subtentorial CMs, and total CMs. The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is ischemic stroke.