Among Black people in the U.S., country of birth associated with stroke risk

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For Black individuals in the United States, being born in another country was associated with a lower risk of stroke, according to a study published in Neurology. "In the United States, people who identify as Black have a higher rate of stroke compared to other groups and are often treated as a single category of people, which can hide variations related to birthplace and immigration status," said study author Alejandro Vargas, MD, MS, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.