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Methods of dural closure were variable, and there was an increasing trend over time towards using the laminoplasty approach for bony exposure.

Conclusion For single fraction treatment, GTV size is highly significant in predicting failure to meet normal tissue goals whereas whether setup margin was used was not a significant predictor.

In tandem with this finding was a positive trend in hypertension development when compared to BMI 14 years prior.

One study investigated the link between high childhood BMI and suicidal behavior based on the presumption that individuals with high BMI values showed a trend of increased depression, a known predictor of suicidal behavior [ 35 ].

Results revealed an increasing trend based on BMI (BMI <25= 1.00, 25-29.9= 1.18, and >30= 1.66).

Conclusions A giant hiatal hernia is a rarely encountered entity with an apparent trend towards atypical presentations in elderly female patients.

Discussion When comparing the men to women composition in academic OB/GYN, there is a clear trend showing that although OB/GYN is a women-dominant discipline overall, men predominate in higher academic positions.

Analyzing the seropositivity according to the age groups shows that the seropositivity has an increasing trend with the increase in the age group.

There was an increasing trend in the use of adjuvant analgesics and morphine in preemptive and therapeutic analgesia.

There is no significant correlation with MAYO pain scores at the time of pre-procedure but there is a highly significant positive correlation with the pain scores at 12th week and 24th week after the procedure, which signifies the role of age in treatment success.

The readmission rate revealed an increasing trend as the predicted risk increased (Table 7 , Figure 3), which confirmed that the model worked relatively well in the validation set.

The intragroup difference in the score was highly significant.

In recent times, there has been an increasing trend towards minimally invasive surgery performed with endoscopic techniques.

There was an increasing trend of prevalence among the illiterate, with a prevalence of 72%, with a frequent complaint of vaginal discharge (51.9%) [ 17 ].

According to WHO, an increasing trend in the aging population is expected during the next decade; hence the prevalence of hip fractures will continue to grow globally [ 1 ].

A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant and a p-value between 0.05 and 0.10 was deemed to be borderline significant level on all statistical analyses.

However, there is an increasing trend towards early discharge/enhanced recovery protocol (ERP) after surgery [ 13 , 21 ].

KRAS mutations showed a trend toward right-sided tumors and peritoneal metastases.

This shows a highly significant control of the infection in the experimental group.

Although it is considered a rare disease, the incidence has shown an increasing trend in recent decades, probably due to improved diagnostic criteria and a rise in the population’s life expectancy [ 3 ].

In the last few decades, there has been an increasing trend to use intra-articular injections of corticosteroids, analgesics/anti-inflammatory drugs, polymerized collagen, anti-cytokine drugs, or hyaluronic acid as alternative modalities to maximize the local effect while minimizing systemic side effects [ 13 ].

While coagulase-negative bacteria are not as virulent as Staphylococcus aureus, there has been an increasing trend for this organism to be associated with complications commonly known to occur with its more aggressive counterpart.

The mean hexagonality of cells also showed a decreasing trend with age.

The p-value was highly significant (0.001) for this improved outcome.

It showed a trend of better efficacy with methylprednisolone (MP) and intravenous (IV) treatment but no significant difference between the short (five days) or long (15 days) duration of therapy [ 47 ].