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In contrast, borderline significant differences were observed in the ID values under axial load alone or when combined with lateral bending.

Post-treatment comparisons revealed a highly significant difference in the mean mTNS and risk of falling index (RFI) values between groups, favoring the group that received game-like exercises, while no significant difference was observed in the sway index of sensory integration (SI) ( p = 0.174).

p < 0.1 was considered a statistical trend (‘near-significant’) given the exploratory nature of this analysis.

Using the multivariate statistical regression, we identified 19 variables with statistically significant or near-significant differences through univariate analysis.

Defining Perioperative Complications Given the rarity of any one single complication and the statistical power required to show a significant trend, we present herein a composite outcome which we call perioperative complications.

Diabetes mellitus showed a borderline significant relationship with tooth loss.

Logistic regression revealed more than double the odds of high tooth loss among diabetic patients (OR 2.20, 95% CI 0.99–4.92, p = 0.054), though this result narrowly missed statistical significance.

As a result of continuous advances in digital technologies, their integration into clinical practice has become a notable trend.

Both covariates are highly significant; however, HbA1c portends a higher risk.

In our study, this percentage ranged between 12–13.6% during the first year of life and did not show an increasing trend.

The PSSI subscale “critical–negativistic NT” ( β = −0.327, p = 0.016) significantly impacted HAMD-21 change scores, while the influence of the “reserved–schizoid SZ” subscales ( β = 0.256, p = 0.058) was only marginally significant.

MTR maps have a very flat, even contrast; their value as a biomarker comes from the fact that relatively small changes are usually highly significant compared to the uniform background.

Six-month survival showed a favorable trend, although not statistically significant in point analysis.

This analysis confirmed a significant increase over time: the mean number of CTs rose from 16.11 ± 12.43 at baseline to 18.77 ± 13.29 at follow-up, yielding a mean paired difference of −2.67 (95% CI [−3.94, −1.39]); the test statistic was t (56) = 4.19, corresponding to p < 0.0001, indicating a highly significant increase in overall tuber burden.

Although changes in quality of life did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.097), the moderate effect size (r = 0.31) indicates a positive trend.

The composite dietary habits score presented an average value of 2.77 ( SD = 3.79), indicating a weak trend towards positive values on the scale.

showed a trend for lower recurrence and mortality rates in the embolization era cohort, with better radiological outcome at follow-up, but with no significant differences in complications and clinical improvement [ 20 ].

DM represents an important health issue, as its incidence has an increasing trend worldwide due to the obesity pandemic.

Both results are highly significant and suggest that both mean and peak CRP levels are strong prognostic indicators of survival.

Age demonstrated a positive trend with periodontal severity, with older individuals showing deeper pockets and greater attachment loss in both cohorts.

Chronic kidney disease also showed a strong trend toward significance, suggesting a clinically relevant association even though statistical significance was not reached.

The contingency test assessing remission in treated patients was not statistically significant (χ 2 = 1.26, p = 0.53), although the proportion for incomplete remission has a decreasing trend in relation to more complex treatments: 50% incomplete remission in the untreated group, 31% for patients treated with steroids only, and 17% for steroids and DMTs.

With an increase in FLI scores, the IR and HR for kidney cancer showed an increasing trend.

Input data modality showed a trend toward improved performance with multimodal approaches (94.1% sensitivity) versus OCT-only methods (84.5% sensitivity), though this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p -value = 0.224).

Discussion The findings confirmed that PBM led to a statistically highly significant improvement in HRQoL, as measured by the EQ-5D-5L, in patients with iatrogenic IAN injuries in both the inferior third molar surgery and orthognathic surgery groups.