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This limitation may be significant, especially considering the dynamic deformation of the liver, which can lead to registration errors.

The serum and salivary UA levels showed an increasing trend from healthy controls (group 1) to non-severe pre-eclampsia (group 2) with the highest values in severe pre-eclampsia (group 3).

A clear trend is observed in salivary cortisol levels, which increase with stroke severity (according to the NIHSS score)-from 113.70 ± 95.15 ng/mL in minor strokes to 176.19 ± 59.17 ng/mL in severe strokes.

Correlation between serum vitamin D level and lipid profiles The correlation analysis revealed highly significant correlations between vitamin D levels and lipid parameters.

In addition, A p value for all the measures was <0.0001, which is considered extremely significant.

Although laboratory evaluation showed a decreasing trend in CRP levels, serum albumin level was still low (2.1 g/dL on day 36 after admission) and so was coagulation factor XIII activity (63% on day 43 after admission).

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels showed a positive trend with more intensive combination therapies, with the highest value observed in the quadruple therapy group (54 ± 13 mg/dL), followed by the triple therapy group (53 ± 12 mg/dL).

Significant associations are observed between FEV and gender (marginally significant with OR of 0.333 (95% CI: 0.110-1.010).

In Africa, several asthma prevalence surveys have reported figures ranging from 4% to 14%, with an increasing trend in urban areas.

Liver iron overload was reported to show a decreasing trend in the majority of the patients.

Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases globally, with an increasing trend in both developed and developing countries [ 1 ].

There is still a significant need to improve caries preventive methods, given that the prevalence of caries remains relatively high, despite a decreasing trend.

However, it was evident that patients treated with HD had higher values, with their median being around 70% higher on average, which is clinically highly significant.

Among the potential factors that may influence the parents’ level of knowledge, the present study showed a significant association with the educational level and a positive trend towards the highest level of education.

The right dorsal hand skin temperature showed an increasing trend in the warm-water footbathing group at 15 and 30 minutes after the footbath, although the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.093 at 15 min, p=0.065 at 30 min).

Over the last five years, the reported suicide incidence rates, derived from annual health statistics reports issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Health, were 1.0, 0.8, 1.7, 1.4, and 1.0 per 100000 population in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, respectively, with an increasing trend in 2021 and 2022 [ 34 ].

Discussion With this retrospective study, there is some statistical significance to suggest that, with a positive trend in delta procalcitonin, there is an increased likelihood of expiration (Tables 2 - 4 ).

Age-based variations Age group analysis showed a significant difference in the width of the bone anterior to the canal, which showed a decreasing trend with increasing age.

Posterior bone width and the distance from incisive foramen to alveolar crest were also greater in males, the latter being marginally significant.

A notable trend observed in our study was the tendency for the VisuMax 500 to undercorrect astigmatism, as evidenced by a geometric mean for CI below 1.00 (Figure 5 , Panel A).

Traditionally, fractures of this bone, connecting the shoulder girdle to the sternum, were treated conservatively with appropriate splinting and rest, but throughout the decade, the operative fixation rates for clavicular fractures have shown an increasing trend.

This highly significant result indicates that lower cognitive scores are associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms.

This is represented by a highly significant CS rate in the overweight (n=9, 25.71%) versus normal BMI group (n=13, 11.30%).

[ 12 ] reported a highly significant association between the occurrence of MH and DS.

There was an overall trend of improvement in most of the tests, except for the lesion volume on MRI, which increased significantly.