Turkson-Ocran RAN, Nmezi NA, Botchway MO, et al. - Researchers undertook a cross-sectional study of the 2010 to 2016 National Health Interview Surveys, to compare cardiovascular disease risk factors prevalence among African immigrants and African Americans in the United States. For hypertension, diabetes mellitus, overweight/obesity, hypercholesterolemia, physical inactivity, and current smoking, they compared the age-standardized prevalence by gender between African immigrants and African Americans applying the 2010 census data as the standard. Overall 1,345 African immigrants and 27,749 African Americans were included. Findings revealed a generally lower age-standardized prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among African immigrants compared with African Americans, despite the high heterogeneity evident in both populations. More likelihood of being younger, educated, and employed but less likelihood of being insured was noted in African immigrants vs African Americans. To inform public health strategies to decrease health differences, disaggregating the data on blacks in the US by ethnicity and country of origin was advised.