Cardio-oncology & otherCohort study
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors Among Cancer Patients
- National Inpatient Sample database analysis
- weighted estimates per National Inpatient Sample guidelines
Authors' conclusion
CAD is the most common CVD among hospitalized patients with cancer. Men, Black patients, and those with prostate cancer face disproportionately higher burden of CVD; and in-hospital mortality was highest among non-Whites, underscoring the need for proactive, targeted cardiovascular care in oncology.
Study context
- Population
- Hospitalized U.S. cancer patients, 2016 to 2020estimated hospital encounters (mean age 68.0 ± 16.1 years)
- Participants
- 24,748,225 patients
- Exposure
- Prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by age, sex, race, and cancer type
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Prevalence of CVD
Coronary artery disease (CAD), most prevalent CVD
23.9%
Atrial fibrillation
20.3%
Heart failure
18.3%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Mortality by race
CVD by sex
- Men had higher prevalence of heart failure, atrial fibrillation, CAD, myocardial infarction, revascularization, cardiac arrest, and stroke compared with women
Risk factors and comorbidities in Black patients
- Hypertension
- 75.2%
- Obesity
- 15.5%
- End-stage kidney disease
- 6.9%
- Pulmonary hypertension
- 5.1%
- Black patients had higher prevalence
CVD by cancer type
- Patients with prostate cancer had the highest prevalence of CVD
Original publication
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors Among Cancer Patients. JACC Adv. Published 20 March 2026. doi:10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.102690
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it