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The exercise capacity showed a positive trend, although this was not significant.

In this study, a positive trend between brainstem ⇀ subcortical region connectivity and UPDRS-Total score (Fig. 5b ) was also observed, suggesting that higher connectivity is related to poorer UPDRS-Total performance.

Only in Poland and Slovenia were the coefficients non-significant but showed a positive trend.

We cannot discard, however, that the high variance among replicates in the LPO analysis, perhaps due to sensitivity constraints, may have precluded the discerning of a positive trend.

Second, our study revealed only a positive trend in the diachronic development of academic writing in science.

The study by Draper et al (2005) based on residence at birth and covering more than three decades (1962–1995) revealed associations with longer distances from power lines than previously envisaged, far above the threshold usually recognised as generating ELF-MF greater than background exposures, and with a positive trend with decreasing distance.

23 Also, the results of a systematic research showed a positive trend between accreditation in healthcare and clinical performance. 24 In the current article, we explored how the implementation of the ISO 9001 QMS can improve overall operational effectiveness in a healthcare organisation.

OEF in the putamen also showed a positive trend with UPDRS-III (ρ = 0.288), but this did not reach statistical significance, indicating a marginal relationship ( p < 0.1).

The spline smoothing curve represented two main DEET metabolites had similar no-linear relationships and a positive trend with kidney stones proportion.

Here, the relative abundance of sequences starting with Pro and Tyr showed a positive trend with increased reaction temperature.

In another meta-analysis of adjunctive NAC in MDD, there was no significant difference in efficacy between NAC and placebo, but individuals treated with adjunctive NAC showed a positive trend towards efficacy, especially in those with higher MADRS scores [ 53 ].

[ 2 ] demonstrated a positive trend for IMT in improving inspiratory muscle performance, functional capacity, and exercise tolerance in elderly participants.

A positive trend was found in Normal Weight Obese Syndrome (OR 1.69).

A positive trend in the field of vaccinology has been inspired by recent major breakthroughs in the fields of molecular biology, physiology, genomics, proteomics, and computers that promise a bright future for the prevention of infectious diseases and allergies.

8 However, although a positive trend was observed, the reduction in PMI did not result in a statistically significant decrease in LOCS or mortality, which may be explained by the limited statistical power of our study to detect such outcomes.

However, a positive trend in the adsorption rate was observed by increasing the pH of the adsorption solution, and maximum adsorption potential was achieved at pH 6 for both metal ions.

As already known, we observed a positive trend toward improved OS with more extensive resection and radiotherapy including CSI.

A positive trend was observed between BDG and GM values in serum samples.

Furthermore, a positive trend close to the statistical significance of the permeability of BBB was observed in those offspring ( Supplementary Figure 3B ).

3.9.1 GI metastases: CTL-tumor interactions predict survival In GI metastases ( Supplementary Figure S2 ), most significant survival correlations exhibited a positive trend, indicating that greater immune cell infiltration around focal cell populations generally corresponded to improved patient outcomes.

In plaque-free zones of the PFC and hippocampus, while basal pAkt was significantly inhibited in TG mice, as expected, PS48 had no effect save for a positive trend in the PFC of animals fed an SD.

Additionally, the combined treatment exhibited a more pronounced preservation in fat mass and a positive trend toward an increase in lean mass and heart mass.

The proportions of subjects with high levels of hs-CRP (≥1.0 mg/L) were 1.2%, 1.5%, 2.4% and 4.0% in normal, obesity only, sarcopenia only and SO groups, respectively, and showed a positive trend along the study groups (p for trend <0.001). 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021232.supp1 Supplementary file 1 Relationship between hs-CRP and body composition Table 2 presents the results of univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses between the high levels of hs-CRP (≥1.0 mg/L) and the groups with body composition.

On a behavioural level, there was a positive trend between physical fitness and 3-back performance.

There was also a positive trend in early humoral immune response (5 days after immunization) to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) as evidenced by increased serum anti-KLH IgM antibodies which was followed later (14 days following immunization) by decreasing trends in anti-KLH IgM and IgG antibody levels.