Statistically significant improvements in the mean values of tender joints (from 18.5 to 13.1; P = 0.04), swollen joints (from 18.6 to 12.1; P = 0.004), HAQ (from 1.2 to 0.7; P = 0.01), patients' global assessment (from 67 to 46; P = 0.02) and pain (from 64 to 42; P = 0.04) were identified in those 16 patients.
However, analysis of the 1,349 contracts in which the value of the tender gained was shown, revealed that private firms agreed deals for just 5% (£490m) of the total £10bn worth of work tendered.
The value of this tender has not been disclosed.
The disparity may also be related to the greater joint counts at baseline in ADEPT (mean values of 24 tender joints and 14 swollen joints), compared with the observational cohort study [ 6].
Meeting the FM criteria, self-reported pain medication, CRP values and number of tender joints were not associated with NP symptoms in multivariable analysis.
For example, a Gold American Eagle has a legal tender value of $50, while the gold content is worth many times that.
SD = Standard Deviation a Total number of tender points with value >0 at randomization; the number is missing if any of 18 tender points is missing.
By a law of the state of Ohio, enacted in 1884, it was made the duty of every one manufacturing or exposing for sale any drug or article of food included in the provisions of the act to furnish, on demand, to the person who should apply for and tender the value of the same, a sufficient sample to enable an analysis to be made.
According to the tale, the law had no recourse against Tatum, as he had tendered the value of his purchase and had merely accepted the change as a gift.
Also a good value is a large portion of carbonade ($22), the Flemish stew of tender beef, flavored with tangy mustard and abetted by delicious little spaetzle.
