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4 , further indicate that the Moran’s I, index of spatial autocorrelation is positive 0.36 with a highly significant z-score of 7.3.

Additionally, a positive trend was identified between the mixture and MUI when it was in the 40th to 55th percentile.

The excess mortality was greatest among males compared with females (326 versus 264 per 100k), with an increasing trend by age group.

Although recent data suggested a decreasing trend in the prevalence of alcohol consumption in both sexes at age 15, it also implied an increase in 16-year-old female adolescents [ 37 ], emphasizing the urgent need to address this major cause of death and disability in adolescents, especially if associated with driving behaviors.

Using three modalities is significantly associated with a 2.9-times increase in the odds of having a higher level of AHS utilization while using two modalities is associated with a 2.2-times increase in the odds of having a higher level of AHS utilization (but only marginally significant).

As for the Ovarian cancer, there is an increasing trend from 2005 to 2011 followed with a mild decrease in incidence until 2016 and a sudden increase afterwards.

In our study in cancers related to women, Cervix uteri showed a decreasing trend from 2005 to 2017 with a mild increase from then to 2020.

In the recent 5 years, the number of SFTS cases in each districted city showed an increasing trend year by year (Fig. 4 ).

The post-trend suggests that not only did the mean timeliness improve within the intervention group after the introduction of timeliness monitoring, but it also showed an increasing trend in performance.

“I have felt lonely and I think touch is hugely significant and the fact that when I see my friends or relatives I can’t give them a hug you know, particularly because I live on my own, it’s quite, it’s really depressing”.

Importantly, the Asian continent is large and heterogenous with possibly significant differences in dietary and socio-economic factors that can influence the GORD burden, compared to what was expected, especially in a few regions, such as North Africa and the Middle East, and South Asia.

USA demonstrated the most obvious decreasing trend in burden of GORD, while Sweden had an increasing trend.

As shown in Table 3 , we noted an increasing trend in the number of tweets, retweets, and tweets and retweets with photos/videos across academic standings.

While there was an increase in the ratio of negative sentences in 2020 for second-, third- and fourth-year students, there was a decreasing trend for first-year students.

Despite these adjustments, the difference in loneliness between the two groups remained considerably significant.

Declines in perceived severity of COVID-19 was only marginally significant in the multivariable model.

Their ISEI showed a decreasing trend over time, and their AHI, SSS, SRH, and ST levels showed an increasing trend.

The stratified analysis findings might be significant.

Studies on the impact of air pollution on IHD in Wuhan Province and the burden of low-fiber diet on IHD in China from 1990 to 2017 have shown an increasing trend in IHD mortality in recent years.

The restricted cubic spline model applied in this study suggested that a declining trend in the prevalence of hypertension reversed into an increasing trend when occupational PA exceeded 300 MET-hour/week, albeit with large confidence intervals towards the upper end of occupational PA.

Furthermore, the age-standardized DALY rate also showed a decreasing trend from 18.29/100,000 (95%UI, 13.81–27.58) in 1990 to 12.81/100,000 (95%UI, 10.53–14.72) in 2019 (Table 3 ).

In our study, SHS and BMI showed a marginally significant relationship, but a previous study found a stronger association between SHS and BMI in adolescents (10–18 years old) than in children (0–10 years old) [ 33 ].

Significant results for culture as protective against risk for substance abuse (CAGE-AID) was most likely affected ( p value approaching significance) due to an error in language on the measure (i.e., created double negative).

The non-RCC cause mortality rate showed an increasing trend, whereas a slight decrease was observed in RCC specific mortality rate.

However, the multivariable analysis showed a trend for an interaction between the country and food insecurity, suggesting that food-insecure university students may sacrifice food quality to save money and choose less healthy options [ 80 ] differently by country; this result was also found in bivariate analysis among German students.