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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Osteoporos. 2023 Nov 28;18(1):143. doi: 10.1007/s11657-023-01355-2

Table 2.

Intravenous bisphosphonate use and delays

No delay (n = 24) Delay (n = 16) Total (n = 40)
Age (years) 9.8 (3.9–21.3) 10.4 (5.6–34.8) 10.4 (4.3–21.3)
Sex
  Male 12 (50%) 8 (50%) 20 (50%)
  Female 12 (50%) 8 (50%) 20 (50%)
OI Severity
  Mild 14 (58%) 12 (75%) 26 (65%)
  Severe 10 (42%) 3 (19%) 13 (33%)
  Unknown 0 (0%) 1 (6%) 1 (3%)
Bisphosphonate treatment location
  Hospital-based inpatient 2 (8%) 2 (13%) 4 (10%)
  Hospital-based outpatient 21 (88%) 13 (82%) 34 (85%)
  Home infusion 0 (0%) 1 (6%) 1 (3%)
  Multiple 1 (4%) 0 (0%) 1 (3%)
  Bisphosphonate infusion interval (months) 4.5 (3–6) 6 (4–9) 6 (3–6)
  Delay in receiving bisphosphonates (months) 0 (0–0) 2 (1–3) 2 (1–3)
Reason for bisphosphonate delay
  Infusion site not available (1) 0 (0%) 8 (50%) 8 (47%)
  Worry about COVID-19 (2) 0 (0%) 4 (25%) 4 (24%)
  Reason unrelated to COVID-19 (3) 1 (100%) 1 (6%) 2 (12%)
  (1) and (2) 0 (0%) 2 (13%) 2 (12%)
  (2) and (3) 0 (0%) 1 (6%) 1 (6%)

Variables are reported as median (interquartile range) or counts (percent)