Prevention & lipidsMeta-analysis
Cardiovascular Risk, Health Metrics, and Cancer Prediction
- Systematic review of prospective studies
Authors' conclusion
Despite heterogeneity in CVD risk metrics and cancer types, most studies suggested that worse CVD risk scores or CVH metrics predict greater cancer risk.
Study context
- Population
- Adults aged ≥18 years in prospective studies of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk scores or cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics and cancer incidence13 studies
- Comparison
- CVD risk scores and CVH metrics as predictors of incident cancer
- Outcome
- Incident cancer
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Higher CVD risk scores consistently associated with increased cancer risk (HRs)
1.16-3.71
Ideal CVH metrics associated with reduced cancer risk (HRs)
0.49-0.95
Original publication
Cardiovascular Risk, Health Metrics, and Cancer Prediction. JACC CardioOncol. Published 15 July 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jaccao.2025.05.011
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it