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Estimated duration of surgery is shown in Figure 3 with a clear trend toward a longer duration in both laparoscopic and robotic approaches.

The overall analysis, though characterized by substantial statistical heterogeneity (I 2 65%, p < 0.01), confirmed a tendency towards significance for the association between respiratory symptoms and female sex (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.00–1.45).

Thus, the DMFS survival curves of the two groups showed the same trend as in OS, whereas the p -value was 0.052, which was marginally statistically significant, possibly due to the small sample size.

The increase in the CFR for the entire year was significant in the case of CHF (adjusted OR-adjOR 1.226 95% CI: 1.172–1.282) and borderline significant in the case of non-STEMI (adjOR 1.104 95% CI: 1.001–1.217), but was not significant in the case of STEMI (adjOR 1.091 95%CI: 0.934–1.275), although this varied from period to period.

Bellner et al., 2004, found that there is a highly significant correlation between ICP and PI, regardless of specific intracranial lesions [ 22 ].

Specifically on non-contrast computed tomography (CT), there may be significant overlap between heterogeneous shape, density, and various non-contrast markers of ICH expansion [ 4 ].

The increase in the cancellation rate showed a decreasing trend with time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

No statistically significant differences were observed in the control arm or for the rest of the anthropometric parameters, but a positive trend was observed in the intervention arm for the triceps fold.

The injury severity factor entered in the previous block now showed a barely statistically significant effect.

Higher age and the use of BEAM conditioning substantially increased the risk of hospitalization, but were not quite significant variables.

A significant trend of decreasing ORs for intermediate AMD associated with increasing Varied staple food diet scores was noted ( p for trend = 0.002).

Even if the IgG anti-integrin αvβ6 levels apparently were high in some of these CD samples, the difference between the UC and CD groups was highly significant ( Figure 1 ).

However, a negative trend was revealed regarding the energy flux density (EFD).

In contrast, factors such as bone augmentation and implant brand might be significant risk factors for EIF, regardless of ASA PS.

The weekly number of admissions was almost stable during the pre-COVID period, with a slightly increasing trend from October to March (flu period).

A highly significant correlation of NFS reduction with BFL was restricted to male patients while being absent in females, accompanied by generally higher BFL in men.

The interaction between time and group on participants’ EDE-Q weight concern subscale scores was marginally significant (see Figure 3 c).

STAT expression in the CNS is weaker than in other systems, but various studies have shown that these proteins may be significant in several areas of the brain, including the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus and cerebellum.

On the contrary, several studies that have examined the prevalence of fatty liver disease, stratified by age, have demonstrated an increasing trend up to the age of 40–50 years but a lower prevalence after the age of 60 years [ 27 , 28 , 29 ].

In three clinical trials, this probiotic strain seemed to show an apparent trend to significantly obtain remission and reduction of the recurrence of SUDD, especially when used in combination with 5-ASA [ 66 , 67 , 68 ] ( Table 1 ).

After 10 months of therapy with ropinirole, PD patients showed a significant increase in NAA levels from the motor cortex and a highly significant clinical improvement, as shown by the UPDRS motor sub-score.

PD patients, compared to HC, showed significantly lower concentrations of NAA in the motor cortex, while the Cho levels showed a decreasing trend.

The Cho concentrations showed a trend towards significance for decrease.

Subgroup analysis of RCTs showed a trend toward lower incidence of AKI in the BC group but did not reach statistical significance compared with NS (RR 0.71, 95% CI 0.47–1.06, p = 0.09, I 2 = 0%, Figure 4 B). 3.3.3.

Introduction The number of hospitalizations of patients suffering from peripheral artery disease (PAD) has steadily increased over the past decades, with a clear trend towards endovascular therapy [ 1 , 2 ].