Results: Metabolic syndrome, lateral periventricular ischemic lesions, and deep brain white matter ischemic lesions were found in 11.7%, 44.3%, and 44.7% of patients, respectively. Multiple regression analyses using cerebral ischemic lesion type and the actual value for each risk as explanatory factors and age and sex for moderation showed that total cholesterol (P=0.02) and LDL (P=0.048) were independent factors for deep brain white matter ischemic lesions, and that triglyceride level (P=0.02) was an independent factor for lateral periventricular ischemic lesions. A comparison with clinical attributes between the treated and untreated participants showed that the treatment group had a significantly higher HbA1c (P=0.03) and tended to have more severe calcification of the thoracic blood vessels, although the difference was not statistically significant.