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. 2010 Oct 12;22(6):1935–1946. doi: 10.1007/s00198-010-1379-y

Table 2.

Type and duration of previous antiresorptive (AR) medication in the AR pretreated and inadequate AR responder subgroups

Prior AR Therapy AR pretreated (n = 209) Inadequate AR responder (n = 368)
Duration, months Duration, months
N (%) median (Q1, Q3) N (%) median (Q1, Q3)
Any Antiresorptive 209 (100.0) 10 (2, 18) 368 (100.0) 54 (32, 89)
Any Bisphosphonate 175 (83.7) 7 (2, 15) 338 (91.8) 36 (24, 59)
Alendronate 120 (57.4) 7 (1, 13) 218 (59.2) 26 (13, 49)
Risedronate 55 (26.3) 3 (1, 11) 110 (29.9) 19 (9, 26)
Etidronate 25 (12.0) 9 (1, 17) 145 (39.4) 35 (19, 45)
IV Bisphosphonates 12 (5.7) 9 (6, 17) 40 (10.9) 17 (11, 36)
SERM 26 (12.4) 7 (2, 13) 65 (17.7) 21 (13, 30)
All ET/EPT 24 (11.5) 28 (12, 48) 98 (26.6) 82 (38, 130)
Calcitonin 24 (11.5) 3 (1, 8) 65 (17.7) 13 (4, 36)
Vitamin D Metabolites 2 (1.0) 8 (4, 12) 14 (3.8) 34 (13, 55)

ET/EPT = estrogen therapy/estrogen progestin therapy; SERM = selective estrogen receptor modulator

IV = intravenous