“a decreasing trend”

A decreasing trend was observed in renal function tests in CHM-supplemented groups but was not always significant.

Compared to the lowest niacin intake group (Q1, ≤ 15.96 mg/day), the adjusted odds ratios (OR) for depression in the higher intake groups (Q2, Q3, and Q4) showed a decreasing trend, with the lowest risk observed in Q4 (≥ 32.29 mg/day).

Results The spatial distribution of abdominal obesity among middle-aged and older adult individuals in China exhibits a decreasing trend from northwest to southeast, with notable spatial autocorrelation.

The number and size of the ground collapse pits exhibit a decreasing trend from the unstable areas to the basically stable areas.

12 found that the total crop WF was 856.34 × 10 9 m 3 with the per capita value of 648.11 m 3 a -1 in 2007; however, over time, the WFs of grain crops showed a decreasing trend in most Chinese provinces, especially in the more developed cities and main grain-producing provinces 13 .

Zou, 15 Jekarl, 11 and Bui 12 had median platelet counts of 155, 185, and 206, respectively, resulting in a decreasing trend of APRI cut-offs of 1.06, 0.9, and 0.569, respectively.

The MD in pain scores between IVB and IVA, on a scale of 10 points, showed a decreasing trend over time, with –0.83 points at 4–6 h, –0.38 points at 12 h, and no significant difference between the two groups at 24 h.

We detected similar increasing trends by year in the relative risk for one or more nights in the hospital, doctor visits, and seeing a dentist, and a decreasing trend in the relative risk of seeing a homeopathic doctor or folk healer.

2 B) showed a decreasing trend over time, whereas a smaller subset of 8 genes (5%; Fig. 2 C) exhibited an increasing pattern.

Although there was still a significant difference compared to the control group, P450scc expression showed a decreasing trend by post-operative day 14 (Fig. 1 B).

The CAVI of patients with mild-EID before and after exercise showed a decreasing trend, but the values were not significantly different (CAVI be: 8.87 ± 1.26, CAVI af: 8.36 ± 1.23; p = 0.099) ( Figure 2B ). ΔCAVI in the non-EID, mild-EID, and severe-EID groups was −0.53 (−0.95 to −0.31), −0.20 (−1.45 to 0.50), 0.6 (0.08 to 0.73), respectively ( Figure 2B ).

However, a recent meta-analysis in East Africa suggests a decreasing trend of RHD in the region, with a reported rate of 14.6%, which is lower than the global estimate ( 55 ).

The results showed a decreasing trend of IL-6, and TNF-α with statistically significant ( Fig. 5 C and D).

The absolute Zeta potential of RETPS and RETPS-1 showed a decreasing trend with increasing concentration, which may be attributed to the decrease of electrostatic repulsion and interfacial film strength between the solutes with increasing concentration, increasing droplet size, and decrease of emulsion stability ( Han et al., 2022 ).

On the other hand, the concentration of total phenolic compounds in the CrS remained constant during the first 48 h of culture, and showed a decreasing trend after that time.

Moreover, the slope of the linear functions exhibits a decreasing trend from 1.20(6) mg ml –1 K –1 in DMSO to 0.0060(8) mg ml –1 K –1 in water (electronic supplementary material, table S3).

( 23 ) reported a decreasing trend of IFI (from 8.2% to 2.3% for infants <750 g BW; from 2.4% to 1.1% for infants 750–999 g BW) associated with increased use of prophylactic fluconazole (from 0.3 to 11.0 per 1,000 patients for infants <750 g BW) in Pediatrix NICUs.

These areas contain a decreasing trend in crystal size towards the outer shell, with a mosaic appearance.

The efficiency of infrastructure investment shows a decreasing trend in the east, middle and west.

The rate of CMDs during pregnancy was 16.6% in the first trimester, 11.7% in the second trimester, and 10.9% in the third trimester, indicating a decreasing trend over time.

The proportion of older patients showed an increasing trend, and the proportion of location showed a growing trend in right colon cancer and a decreasing trend in rectum cancer.

Although all countries showed a decreasing trend in new gastric cancer cases, male patients in China displayed a stabilizing trend (EAPC: 0.14 (−0.19–0.48)).

Of total 6 weeks of EA treatment period, from after 4 consecutive weeks of EA treatment, SBP showed a decreasing trend in the SHR+EA group which was significantly lower than that of the SHR group after 6 weeks of EA treatment (WKY, 107.4 ± 2.8; SHR, 196.0 ± 2.0; SHR+EA, 171.4 ± 5.0 mmHg, p < 0.01) ( Fig. 1 C ).

In Spain, after an increase in epidemiological indicators, especially in 2015 and 2016 (similarly in Campania region in the years 2017–2019), probably due to the increase in diagnostic performances in the field, a decreasing trend started in 2016, with a significant decrease of 19% in 2017 compared with 2016 ( 37 ).

In both the macula and periphery, the expression of ALDH1A1 and ALDH1A3 demonstrates a decreasing trend over time 49 (Fig. 6B ).