Paterson KE, et al. - In this study involving middle- and older-aged individuals, researchers ascertained if greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) was correlated with reduced risk of incident stroke. In an observational, prospective, population-based cohort study of 23,232 men and women (aged 40-77 years) who partook in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer study in Norfolk, United Kingdom, they examined the association of adherence to the MD score, estimated using 7-day dietary diaries, with the risk of an incident stroke. A total of 2,009 incident strokes occurred during 17.0 years of follow-up. Findings suggested an association of greater adherence to the MD with a lower risk of stroke in this study population, which was attributable to the overall MD pattern—not its individual components.