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Ethnic groups and occupational characteristics of RR-PTB The proportion of Han ethnic group was the largest but showed a decreasing trend ( P < 0.001), the proportion of Miao ethnic group ranked second and showed an increasing trend ( P < 0.05), and the proportion of Tujia ethnic group maintained ( P > 0.05) (Fig. 2 A).

Results There was a decreasing trend in rates of mechanical (trend: −0.05% per year; P < 0.001), inflammatory or infectious (−0.48%; P < 0.001), and other (−0.19%; P < 0.001) complications from 2005 to 2018.

Hypertension and in‐hospital outcomes among breast cancer patients Within NIS, overall unadjusted in‐hospital mortality rates followed a decreasing trend among all groups over an extended period of time from 2003 to 2015 ( p ‐trend for breast cancer <0.001 as well as non‐cancer group p < 0.001, respectively); but was unchanged over the 2007 to 2015 period.

Results 2005–2016, cancer mortality in the elderly in China showed a decreasing trend (AAPC = -1.2%, P <0.001).

Factors associated with low-dose ARNI The average ARNI dose demonstrated a decreasing trend associated with lower average on-treatment SBP (r = 0.253, p < 0.001); patients with lower SBP received lower ARNI doses ( S1 Fig ).

One-way ANOVA showed that after using the FTRS app, THI scores showed a decreasing trend ( p < 0.001).

Regardless of men and women, there was a decreasing trend towards CVD risk factor clustering with increasing levels of education and yearly family income (all p<0.001).

Results A decreasing trend in incorrect database entries was found (z = -6.968, Mann-Kendall Test, p < 0.001) over the course of the study, with an overall rate of 1.8% incorrect data entries.

3.4 MALT1 change after treatment in RA patients In total RA patients, MALT1 presented a decreasing trend from W0 to W24 ( x 2 = 86.455, p < 0.001) (Figure 3A ).

For the T‐MoCA, the model examining the piecewise linear trend with knot at wave 3 (Model 0) showed an increasing trend in T‐MoCA before the knot (slope = 0.33 points per annual visit, SE = 0.07, p < 0.001), followed by the slope being reduced by 0.61 (SE = 0.15, p < 0.001) after the knot, resulting in a decreasing trend (slope = −0.27, SE = 0.11, p = 0.010).

Chi-squared test showed that the majority of discharged patients had a decreasing trend in procalcitonin serum levels, with statistically significant differences from the expired group ( P < 0.001) [ Table 2 ].

A decreasing trend of correct responses with increasing BMI classes from normal weight to overweight was observed for sour (the Cochran-Armitage trend test, Z = 1.8, p = 0.001), bitter ( p < 0.001), sweet ( p < 0.001), and water ( p < 0.01) stimuli.

The case fatality rate was 4.7% (238/5054), showing a decreasing trend during the study period (p<0.001). 55.0% of the patients who died were either moderately or severely underweight.

Figure 2 shows that there is a decreasing trend in the proportion of stroke survivors discharged to care homes over time ( P <0.001).

The most prevalent TTI among donors was hepatitis B (1.63%), which presented a decreasing trend ( b = −0.021, p < 0.001), followed by an increased trend in syphilis (0.87%), which became the most prevalent TTI in 2015 ( b = 0.112, p = 0.001).

Across DUD subtypes, the prevalence of opioid use disorder was highest at 1 241.8/100 000 population (95% UI: 1 083.2 to 1 426.2) and this disorder had the largest increase (AAPC: 5.57%, 95% CI: 5.46% to 5.66%, P ≤ 0.001), while cannabis use was the only disorder with a decreasing trend (AAPC: −0.31%, 95% CI: −0.33% to −0.28%, P ≤ 0.001).

However, HDL-C displayed a decreasing trend from quartile 1 to quartile 4 ( P < 0.001; Table 2 ).

The distribution of these variables has changed over time. As displayed in Table 1 , the Primary purpose of trials oriented toward treatment comprised the largest proportion (60.0%) of interventional trials listed, while the proportion showed a decreasing trend over time ( Z = − 16.12, p < 0.001).

Among girls aged 7 to 11 years, a significant difference was discerned in handgrip strength per year relative to the previous year with a decreasing trend for thereafter years until the age of 14 years old (p < 0.001).

During the study period, there was a decreasing trend in the proportion of imported malaria cases with delayed care-seeking ( χ 2 = 36.099, P < 0.001) and diagnosis ( χ 2 = 11.395, P = 0.001).

3.4 Association of health behavior factors with COPD As can be seen in Table 2 , all models showed a decreasing trend in health behavior factor scores and COPD ( P < 0.001).

In both non-ACLF and ACLF patients, the levels of ALT, AST, HGB, PLT, and ALB showed a decreasing trend ( P < 0.001) with underlying liver disease, namely, chronic hepatitis (CHAE, type A ACLF), compensated cirrhosis (LC-A, type B ACLF), and decompensated cirrhosis (LC-AD, type C ACLF; Tables 2 and 3 ).

The aOR of early miscarriage showed a decreasing trend as AMH levels increased in restrictive cubic spline ( p < 0.001).

During anesthesia, Cdyn showed a decreasing trend ( P < .001) while Raw showed an increasing trend ( P < .001).

MiR‐125b relative expression at W0, W4, W12, and W24 was 2.420 (1.578‐3.695), 1.937 (1.095‐2.603), 1.612 (0.798‐2.338), and 1.417 (0.676‐2.220), respectively, which also displayed a decreasing trend ( P < .001) (Figure 2C ). 3.5 Correlation of baseline miR‐125a and miR‐125b with clinical response to IFX at W24 in RA patients RA patients were divided into responders (n = 69; 71.9%) and non‐responders (n = 27; 28.1%) based on clinical response status at W24.