From: Characteristics of patients with osteonecrosis of the jaw with oral versus intravenous bisphosphonate treatment
Laboratory test
N (oral/IV BP)
Oral BP
IV BP
P value
CTX (pg/mL)
100/18
189.1 ± 151.3
133.7 ± 78.3
.031
ESR (mm/h)
170/19
40.99 ± 23.97
49.33 ± 27.72
.516
CRP (mg/dL)
1.01 ± 1.59
2.13 ± 3.08
.001