INS and Stroke: The stroke group exhibited elevated levels of HbA1c (stroke vs. non stroke group: 6.04% vs. 5.55%), fasting blood glucose (stroke vs non stroke group: 6.59 mmol/L vs. 5.81 mmol/L), fasting blood insulin (stroke vs. non stroke group: 103.93 pmol/L vs. 76.76 pmol/L), insulin resistance (stroke vs non stroke group: 5.83 vs. 3.57), triglycerides (stroke vs. non stroke group: 1.76 mmol/L vs. 1.49 mmol/L), and hypersensitive C-reactive protein (stroke vs. non stroke group: 0.65 mg/L vs. 0.4 mg/L).