Patients with RA for <2 years were compared with subjects with longstanding RA (average duration 10 years) and with patients with other immune or autoimmune diagnoses.Cluster analyses permitted separation of the patients with early RA (ERA) from those with longstanding disease.
A chart in Science Times on July 11 about melting Arctic ice misstated the average area covered by longstanding ice.
Correction: July 28, 2000, Friday A chart in Science Times on July 11 about melting Arctic ice misstated the average area covered by longstanding ice.
The average anatomic axis, measured on longstanding postoperative radiographs, was 4 degrees of valgus (Table 1).
Longstanding illness rates were significantly higher than average in men in Trent and significantly lower in the areas in Sweden and Belgium; results were not attenuated by socio-economic adjustment.
One reason New York City's health care costs are higher than the national average is that there is a longstanding tendency to use hospitals for services that are provided in doctors' offices in other parts of the country.
Tinker played 15 seasons in the major leagues, had a longstanding feud with Evers and, while having a career batting average of just.262, somehow hit nearly 30 points higher against the great Christy Mathewson.
Methods: Multilevel modelling of health survey data on 126 853 individuals from 33 metropolitan areas in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Spain, Belgium and Germany compared general health, longstanding illness, acute sickness, psychological distress and obesity with the average for all areas, accounting for education and social class.
Unlike prevalence and case reporting data, STARHS effectively differentiates between RI individuals, defined by infection occurring on average within the previous 170 days, and those with longstanding or chronic infection [2], [3].
This point helps answer another longstanding concern that, by creaming off the brightest, grammar schools are short-changing the average child, who loses the benefit of their company.
