“a definite trend”

In most of the centres both variables matched the criterion of statistical significance: performance status was a significant variable in five out of nine centres and stage grouping in six out of nine centres, one of them having a definite trend towards statistical significance ( P =0.05).

While a definite trend is appar- ent, statistically the differences do not reach the p < 0.05 level of significance.

On the contrary, for Ni ( Figure 1 B), the absence of a definite trend in obtained concentrations leads to non-statistical significance ( p -value > 0.05).

Therefore, a definite trend about the effect of prior pressure level could not be concluded ( p > 0.05).

Concerning the effect of the OCL in the covering system, comparison of control canned fish with canned samples including the OCL packaging did not provide significant differences ( p > 0.05) for moisture and lipid contents; additionally, a definite trend on the presence of both constituents was not detected ( p > 0.05) by increasing or decreasing the OCL concentration tested.

However, a definite trend for previous drying conditions could not be proved ( p > 0.05).

However, the physical component of the scale had a definite trend ( P =0.054) for improvement in favor of the combined protocol (ie, acupuncture and physiotherapy).

AML exhibited a definite trend for slowing AAA growth exclusively in never-smokers (P=0.06).

Paper groups, there was a definite trend (p = .07, chi-squared test) in the direction of iPad subjects scoring better (mean correct = 77%) compared with paper (mean correct = 57%).

Moreover, there was a definite trend for significant difference between the 2 groups with regards to 3–6 months NT-pro BNP (p = 0.07).

35 , 36 Our data confirm our earlier reports of significant astrogliosis and glutamine deficiency in aldh5a1‐deficient mice, and indicate a definite trend ( P = .08) toward glul deficiency suggesting that, in this mouse model of SSADHD astrogliosis may be responsible for central glutamine deficiency.

Patients with increased Lp(a) levels showed no differences in CAD severity ( P = .34); however, they showed a definite trend to be younger compared with patients with normal Lp(a) levels (61.0 ± 9.7 vs 65.1 ± 9.1 y; P = .08).

5c , p < 0.05) and the differential mutational frequency of TP53 showed a definite trend (Fig. 5e , p = 0.094).

The DALYs of road injury decreased ( P = 0.002), falls did not exhibit a definite trend ( P = 0.108), and self-harm increased overall ( P = 0.045).

Even though the difference between normal and CRC tissue was not statistically significant, we note that there is a definite trend toward decreased CRC expression levels compared with normal tissue, with Z-scores of − 1.30 ( P = 0.19), − 1.06 ( P = 0.28), and − 1.75 ( P = 0.07) for HLA-A, B, and C alleles, respectively.

On evaluating these trials, a definite trend of limitations is evident which probably played a crucial role in undermining some of the studies.

A definite trend of improvement across the 3 months of the intervention was shown across the eight taught TC sessions.

We observed a definite trend between the fold-change of expression values in all the four sets of reference genes (Fig. 4 ).

Although the analyses showed a definite trend toward favoring the use of cryoablation than the microwave ablation in terms of freedom from AF, the results were statistically marginal.

Although the difference did not achieve statistical significance, it showed a definite trend towards meaningful results.

Cohesiveness did not show a definite trend, and gumminess showed the same behavior as hardness, going from values of 2.1 N to 7.3 N in the dough with higher oat content (25%).

However, this significant difference did not always occur in the same manipulated stenosis setting level in each test, which suggested that it did not represent a definite trend line.

The ozone level reveals a definite trend in which a high peak irregularly occurs [ 20 ].

Though addition of temozolomide has not significantly improved survival, it has shown a definite trend towards benefit compared to radiation alone.

Table 5 shows that when the original model amino acid frequencies were randomly perturbed, there was a definite trend among all of the model selection measures to select the corresponding '+F' version of the particular model over the original models.