Disclosed are a method for accurately, easily, quickly, and inexpensively identifying an atherothrombotic cerebral infarction in an acute cerebral infarction, and a method for accurately, easily, quickly, and inexpensively predicting the onset of an atherothrombotic cerebral infarction. The method enables the measurement of glycoalbumin and hemoglobin A1c in a sample derived from an acute cerebral infarction patient and the identification of an atherothrombotic cerebral infarction from the calculated glycoalbumin/hemoglobin A1c ratio. The method also enables the prediction of the onset of an atherothrombotic cerebral infarction in patients with arteriosclerosis and patients with risk factors for atherothrombotic cerebral infarctions such as diabetes patients from the glycoalbumin/hemoglobin A1c ratio and/or from the variation of the ratio with time.
IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND ONSET PREDICTION METHOD FOR ATHEROTHROMBOTIC CEREBRAL INFARCTION IN ACUTE CEREBRAL INFARCTION