Infusion characteristics | IVIg cohort (n = 54) | SCIg cohort (n = 242) | p-value | ||
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Summary | n | Summary | n | ||
Frequency of treatment, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | ||
 Every day | 0 (0.0%) | 29 | 2 (0.9%) | 219 |  < 0.001 |
 Two per week | 0 (0.0%) |  | 15 (6.9%) |  |  |
 Three per week | 0 (0.0%) |  | 10 (4.6%) |  |  |
 Weekly | 1 (3.5%) |  | 163 (74.4%) |  |  |
 Every 2 weeks | 1 (3.5%) |  | 29 (13.2%) |  |  |
 Every 3 weeks | 5 (17.2%) |  | 0 (0.0%) |  |  |
 Every 4 weeks | 22 (75.9%) |  | 0 (0.0%) |  |  |
Travel time (mins)* (median [IQR]) | 40 [30, 90] | 27 | 60 [30, 75] | 195 | N/A |
Trips to hospital/pharmacy to pick up SCIg supplies per month, n (%) | Â | Â | |||
  < 1 | N/A | N/A | 119 (58.1%) | 205 | N/A |
 1 |  |  | 80 (39.0%) |  |  |
 2 |  |  | 2 (1.0%) |  |  |
 3 |  |  | 1 (0.5%) |  |  |
 4 |  |  | 2 (1.0%) |  |  |
  > 4 |  |  | 1 (0.5%) |  |  |
Location of infusions, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | ||
 Hospital | 27 (96.4%) | 28 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 Home | 1 (3.6%) |  |  |  |  |
Infusion preparation time (mins) (median [IQR]) | 30 [15, 30] | 27 | 15 [10, 20] | 207 |  < 0.001 |
Actual infusion time (mins) (median [IQR]) | 165 [126, 255] | 28 | 60 [40, 90] | 207 |  < 0.001 |
Post-infusion clean up time (mins) (median [IQR]) | 15 [6, 20] | 27 | 5 [5, 10] | 201 | 0.005 |