From the observation of the variables in Table 4 , a weak trend of mildly elevated values is observed in the patients with positive culture in comparison with the patients with negative culture, but this comparison cannot be strongly supported.
Due to inconclusive diagnosis, the patient was followed up with serum beta Hcg level 48 hours later which showed a decreasing trend (Table 1 ).
A systematic review of 71 articles (n = 242) on plasma exchange in pediatric anti-NMDAR encephalitis showed a trend toward better outcomes when plasma exchange was administered early and when given in combination with corticosteroids [ 32 ].
Age and years of experience, though showing a slight trend, do not exhibit a significant correlation with disability, aligning with another previous study indicating that these factors might not strongly influence such outcomes [ 17 ].
The chi-square linear-by-linear association test was applied to assess whether there was an increasing trend in disease frequency with increasing BMI.
However, the 95% CI demonstrated overlap between these new candidate measures and the traditional mean MCA and Lindegaard ratio indicating a trend toward significance.
We observed an increasing trend from 12% to 21% in 2018 and 2019; however, there was a rapid incline to 36% among the 32-36 weeks + 6 days preterm birth rates during the COVID-19 lockdown.
In other words, as the participants’ knowledge scores increased, their practice scores also showed a positive trend.
In a follow-up study by Dreyer et al., the same techniques found a favorable trend in ICP, CPP, and patient outcomes in the OMT cohort; however, they did not reach statistical significance [ 20 ].
However, there was only a slight trend for increased recurvatum following medial and lateral lengthening when the data from seven studies and 531 patients are combined.
As age increased, there was an increasing trend in the frequency of CTS as 0.18% of young adults aged 18-29 had CTS compared to 0.80% of older adults aged 50-59.
Further, diabetes and obesity may be significant confounding factors in terms of disease control.
There is an overall trend towards increased CT usage with concern for lifetime radiation exposure in this patient population [ 4 ].
A notable trend was the decrease in automobile traffic volume that was seen nationally [ 1 ], which led to reports of fewer traffic accidents throughout states such as Florida and Missouri [ 2 ], and internationally in Turkey and Australia [ 1 , 3 , 4 ].
Similar to these reports, according to this study, patients with CLP and supernumerary teeth showed highly significant results with a p-value of 0.04.
The attitude toward pregnancy approaches borderline significant association (OR=2.1; 95% CI 0.9 to 4.5).
Moreover, an increasing trend in de-escalation rates was observed.
In 2014 and 2016, however, the peak of diarrheal diseases precedes the peak of average rainfall and occurs in June, but overall, a linear trend line shows that the diarrheal diseases are on a decreasing trend with the highest admissions in September 2013 (55 cases) and the lowest admissions in March 2015 (six cases).
Over the course of the study, the number of children who received complete vaccination has shown an increasing trend while the sum of unvaccinated children has constantly declined.
A recent study from a primary hospital in KSA showed an increasing trend in the number of cases of primary hepatic carcinoma (PHC), which is the fourth most common malignancy among males, with the primary etiology of PHC being chronic viral hepatitis infection [ 22 ].
This finding is indicative of a positive trend, as those who possessed sufficient knowledge showed a higher propensity to partake in testing and immunization behaviors [ 13 , 26 - 29 ].
Smaller bottom glove size and shorter surgeon height did not correlate with a higher likelihood of physical symptoms or a larger reported number of difficult to use instruments after we controlled for surgeon gender, though shorter height did trend toward significance for a number of reported instruments within female surgeons.
Other items (FPG, AST, ALT, LDL-C, HDL-C, DBP) showed a decreasing trend in the dose-escalation group, although there was no significant difference.
The p-value of ≤0.05 was taken, which was quite significant.
The intervention scores gradually increased till the end of March 2020, after which a decreasing trend was observed.