Hiccups in patients with cancer: a multi-site, single-institution study of etiology, severity, complications, interventions, and outcomes

Table 1 Demographics (n = 320)

Median age in years (range)	63 (21, 97)
Gender (%)
Male	284 (89)
Female	36 (11)
Height in centimeters (range)	177 (147, 199)
Cancer (%)^a
Gastrointestinal	109 (34)
Dermatologic	86 (27)
Hematologic	84 (26)
Genitourinary	79 (25)
Brain tumor	25 (8)
Head and neck cancer	16 (5)
Other^b	38 (12)
Median number of co-morbidities (range)^c	4 (0,16)

^aPercentages do now sum to 100% because over 20% of patients had more than one cancer type
^bOther includes sarcoma (13), gynecologic (8), lung (6), breast (6), endocrine (4), ocular (1)
^cEsophageal-related morbidity was the most common

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