Although baseline levels of HGF, SDF-1α, IL-2R, CD30, TNF-RII, IL-16, MIF, and APRIL were higher in AIS patients with mRS 3–5, in the multivariate model, only higher age and higher NIHSS assessed in the acute phase were associated with mRS > 2 (Supplementary Table S7). Here, IL16 is linked to androgen insensitivity syndrome.