Jiménez MC, et al. - Given that black Americans show a higher risk of stroke and burden of stroke risk factors than whites in the US, researchers ascertained if these stroke risk factors influence stroke risk differently across racial groups. A total of 126,018 Women's Health Initiative participants (11,389 black and 114,629 white women) free of stroke and baseline coronary heart disease (1994–1998) were followed until 2010. There were 4,344 stroke events seen over a median of 13 years. Investigators found that the risk of total stroke among black women was moderately higher vs white women; racial disparities among women between 50 and < 60 years of age were the largest. The greatest advantage for reducing disparities may be interventions aimed at younger black women.