The quantitative analysis of the remaining four studies showed a positive trend between higher LS values, measured in kPa, and risk of developing HCC, although statistical significance was not reached at EOT and 12 wk of follow-up, while LS at 24 wk showed a statically significant association with HCC development.
In both sexes, we observed a positive trend of upper-body strength (by using the number of sit-ups in 30 s), which is consistent to previous findings 11 , 12 , 23 , 48 , 49 .
The muscle depth trait showed a positive trend for all three breeds.
Guha 79 also found a positive trend in vegetation indices with decreasing surface temperatures.
We also observed increased use of topical treatments, particularly in younger patients, compared with previous studies, which is a positive trend towards early treatment of the affected photoexposed area.
In addition, a positive trend was reported in pain management in terms of VAS scores.
Bagher Pour and coworkers compared COVID-19 severity and its outcomes in ICU ( n = 114) and non-ICU ( n = 112) patients admitted to the Reza Hospital of Tabriz (Iran) from 10 October to 10 December 2020 [ 37 ], finding no significant differences in the serum selenium levels between the two groups (unexpectedly, they found a positive trend in ICU patients), nor when comparing those that died ( n = 56) with those that were discharged (170) before the end of the study.
In Trabzon, Gümüşhane, and Bayburt, autumn and spring showed a positive trend, but no statistically significant relationship was found.
We did not find an increase in the subjective happiness score, although some of its primary characteristics such as self-esteem, self-efficacy, sociability and more effective coping with life’s stressors showed a positive trend in our study [ 29 ].
The relative strobilus size comparisons between the length of pollen and ovulate strobili across all species showed a positive trend whereby pollen strobilus size increases, as does ovulate strobilus size ( r = 0.71).
This review identified an additional four studies that utilis m-Health interventions published after 2015 [ 27 , 28 , 30 , 32 ], of which one study reported a positive trend for medication adherence [ 30 ].
Logistic Regression with L1 penalty (LoR) (Train MSE: 1.39 × 10 −5 , Test MSE: 2.25 × 10 −6 ) also exhibits a positive trend with lower Test MSE.
Given the strong linear relationship between sinuosity and the GBI, one could expect a positive trend in Greenland blocking simply by virtue of increasing waviness under AA.
This finding shows that, despite being a location close to the ocean, where the buffering effect of the body of water plays an essential role, the effects of climate change on pollen concentration are significant, especially for certain taxa such as Pinus and Platanus (both of which display a positive trend for SPIn, and a correlation of this parameter with the temperature of previous seasons).
The linear correlation between the degree of renal impairment (CrCl) and eribulin clearance (CL tot ) showed a positive trend, but the correlation was not significant and the slope was numerically small.
, the drug showed a positive trend toward a reduction in the decline of lung volumes, with fewer acute exacerbations and preserved quality of life [ 39 ].
A vast array of publications is dedicated to investigating the synergistic interplay between AgNPs and a variety of antibiotics [ 88 , 89 , 90 ], which exhibit a positive trend in their therapeutic impact on pathogenic microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus , Escherichia coli , and Pseudomonas aeruginosa [ 91 , 92 , 93 ].
However, our survey showed a positive trend of spinal orthosis prescription in current clinical practice and 50.8% of physicians prescribed three-point rigid orthoses in patients with acute VFFs.
A significant positive correlation was observed between the frequency of absolute cT FH cells and acute viremia ( Figure 7A ), and a positive trend was seen with chronic viremia ( Figure 7B ).
This figure increased to 97.1% by 2021, indicating a positive trend.
Whereas in summer, Kalat meteorological station shows a positive trend showing an increasing dry condition in the station.
Figure 2 a shows a negative trend in normal nutritional status in the Aymara population, at 86.2% at 6 years and 61.1% at 10 years, while overweight and obesity showed a positive trend, jointly reaching 13.8% of children at 6 years and 39% at 10 years.
Herbal drugs, as drugs in general, in Italy have fluctuating market trends, stable on average in the last ten years, with a positive trend in the 2015–2016 period [ 15 ].
No other participant displayed a positive trend throughout training, as measured by walking distance. 3.1.3.
The analysis for 2008-2018 in relation to the total number of the employed population in the mining industry indicates a positive trend in the decrease in the number of victims with an annual increase in the number of the employed population.