“a decreasing trend”

Trend direction was judged from point estimates and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs): both estimate and CI > 0 indicate an increasing trend; both <0 indicate a decreasing trend; if the 95% CI includes zero, the trend was considered statistically stable. 2.2.2.

Tacrolimus intrapatient variability (IPV) also showed a decreasing trend, from 26.45% in 2019 to 18.7% in 2022.

Compared with the control group, the TEAS group showed a decreasing trend in the risk of delayed CINV and delayed nausea severity in Cycle 4.

An interaction was observed between sex and age: females showed a decreasing trend in the number of manipulations as they aged, while males maintained stable manipulation quantities, with a non-significant increase over time (Table 5 ).

Annual rainfall, which has presented a decreasing trend in recent decades, varies from 900 mm in the far east to 1500 mm in the west of the study area (Gaspar, 2006 ; Mantovani et al., 2019 ; Pousa et al., 2019 ).

Western blot analysis of the effect of steamed beetroot extract on LPS-induced TNF-α production showed a decreasing trend in TNF-α expression as the number of steaming cycles increased ( Fig. 3B ).

3 Results and discussion 3.1 Changes in sulfur forms of two coal samples before and after desulfurization According to the data in Figure 3 , the organic sulfur content of both coal samples showed a decreasing trend after desulfurization.

In our study, FSH levels in the CPAP-treated group showed a decreasing trend (7.95 ± 1.81 vs. 7.24 ± 1.94 IU/L), and LH levels also tended to decrease following CPAP therapy (13.18 ± 7.51 vs. 10.61 ± 5.85 IU/L).

Year‐wise analysis demonstrated a decreasing trend in HBV prevalence (54.5% in 2013 to 42% in 2022); a relatively stable trend in HCV (8.7% in 2013 to 8.8% in 2022, with a slight increasing trend in the middle years) and increasing trend of NAFLD (0.9% in 2013 to 14.4% in 2022), anti‐HBc (total) or occult HBV (2.8% in 2013 to 6.4% in 2022), and AIH (0.5% in 2013 to 1.8% in 2022) (Table 2 and Figure 2 ).

For all secondary UA parameters, except the maximum amplitude, a decreasing trend was observed during the 60 min before LEA.

When prey density increased from 0 to 5 individuals per arena, the cannibalism rates of the OB‐strain females on eggs, larvae, and protonymphs exhibited a decreasing trend.

After 1 week of intervention with different concentrations of JNJ0966, serum MMP-9 levels were significantly lower in the SHR-C-30 group than in the SHR-C-0 group ( P = 0.0280), while the MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratio exhibited a decreasing trend.

Overall, the absolute values of segregation energy exhibit a decreasing trend from Site 1 (closest to the grain boundary) to Site 4 (farthest from the grain boundary).

In medical treatment, the ratio of monotherapy was found to be about 80%, and it shows a decreasing trend compared to previous studies, and the rate of treatment with dual and triple drugs increases from 15.2% + 2.3% to 16.5% + 2.8%.

GSH levels also showed a decreasing trend, with the largest decrease observed in the 100 mM group.

Moreover, we observed a decreasing trend in the percentage of ZIKV-positive women with detectable ZIKV-specific IgM antibodies over the 12 months after infection, peaking at 8.1% 1 to 2-months after symptom onset and declining to 1.1% by 4 to 5-months after symptom onset.

Notably, yearly analysis revealed a decreasing trend in the heat-attributable fractions of hospital admissions from 2014 to 2016, reaching a minimum of 0.23% in 2016, followed by a subsequent increase until 2019 (Table S5).

The differences in PSQI-K scores over time demonstrated statistical significance, showing a decreasing trend across visits; however, no statistical significance was observed in the between-group differences and time-group interactions.

Similarly, leukocyte and procalcitonin levels also demonstrated a decreasing trend.

The incidence of POCD showed a decreasing trend across each follow-up visit, indicating that short-term assessments on postoperative days 3, 7, and 30 revealed a gradual reduction in its occurrence.

Compared with the SC group, m6A levels were significantly reduced in the IGRAs-positive group and showed a decreasing trend in the PTB group (Fig. 1 B).

A decreasing trend in conversion can be observed, as well, by fixing the H 2 S/O 2 values and increasing the H 2 S/CO 2 ratios.

A positive slope indicates an increasing trend, whereas a negative slope indicates a decreasing trend.

In 2016–2018, with delayed oat harvesting, the levels of Mg, P, and Ca remained stable, while the level of K showed a decreasing trend.

Although AT2 cells showed a decreasing trend in In-F, the difference did not reach statistical significance, and AT1 cells did not show a consistent reduction in spatial abundance.