“a significant trend”

There was a significant trend towards increasing LV volumes, worsening of LV diastolic function (E/e’, diastolic elastance), systolic function (end-systolic elastance) and LV hypertrophy between the three groups, which coincided with worsening functional capacity (all p-value < 0.001 for trend).

There was a significant trend toward increased CSF levels of endostatin after TBI versus control from 72 h after injury.

By the latter measure, there was a significant trend in the people with ME/CFS, an association more likely explained by the disease causing the inactivity rather than the inactivity causing the disease.

The unadjusted (the first level model) and the adjusted to time from AMI (the second level model), total cost has shown a significant trend of decrease throughout the evaluated decade.

In BPA-exposed offspring, there was a significant trend toward a reduction in butyric acid levels ( Fig. 4A to C ).

Miller and coworkers [ 28 ] also observed a significant trend toward an association between aromatase activity and the presence of ER-α, although tumors expressing active aromatase included both ER-α positive and negative tumors.

Results showed associations of RA with the use of five specific pesticides reported at AHS enrollment, including 3 insecticides (toxaphene, fonofos, and carbary) and 2 herbicides (atrazine, and chlorimuron ethyl) with notable findings for two pesticides with widespread use, including a significant trend for increasing cumulative days mixing or applying atrazine, an agricultural herbicide, and a suggestive trend for carbaryl, an insecticide with residential and agricultural applications.

During commuting time, there was a significant trend of increases in the amount of MVPA recorded at schools with higher scores for both walking and cycling provision.

Furthermore, the analysis of admissions in January 2020 moves toward a direction that may suggest a significant trend which is not reached; therefore, more in-depth analysis of this sub-group may be needed to determine statistical significance.

The patents filed regarding brewery industry waste reveal a significant trend of innovation and valorization of these by-products.

There was a significant trend toward greater protective effect in studies using a dual-ring protector (relative risk = 0.31; 95% confidence interval, 0.15–0.58), rather than a single-ring protector (relative risk = 0.84; 95% confidence interval, 0.71–1.00).

Chen and Karim [ 59 ] found a significant trend in COVID-19 death rates between Democratic and Republican counties, which were influenced by the politically polarized response to the pandemic.

The study also revealed a significant trend in terms of older age distribution (median 59.3 years) and utilization of matched unrelated donors (45.2%) in more recent times [ 51 ].

However even in this case the high data variability (between 66 and 128%) did not allow to statistically (p > 0.05) confirm a significant trend. 5.

Otolith deposition rate and the environment Otolith deposition rate (ODR, otoliths (100 cm 2 year) −1 ) did not show a significant trend over two millennia for individual families or Composite (Fig. 2 ), consistent with an absence of otolith alteration in the sediment.

In order to minimize tissue damage, reduce the disruption of the membrane continuity, eliminate the risk of pathogens infections, ensure faster regeneration and improve the overall safety, the tendency to minimize the size of the needles became a significant trend and led to introduction of microneedles [ 92 – 98 ].

Conclusion Stenosis grade holds the highest prognostic significance for short-term cardiovascular events, while a significant trend was observed showing a diminishing predictive capacity for long-term events.

Conclusion The average monthly AOD value in the Taklimakan Desert showed a significant trend of increasing and then decreasing with a “single peak” curve.

Moreover, the implementation of an AI-driven approach to marketing is supported by findings that reveal a significant trend toward the adoption of AI technologies in various sectors, including banking 39 .

There was a significant trend of decreasing risk of ACS hospitalization with an increasing number of vaccinations.

Precision therapy in neurocardiology is expected to become a significant trend in the future.

Regarding the correlation between Tinel’s test and the second pin prick reaction (CNT: level C), seven patients with a negative Tinel’s test at the first examination and three patients with a reaction in the second pin prick test with a negative Tinel’s test in the second examination showed a significant trend for improvement.

In addition, there was a significant trend towards multiple concurrent sexual partnerships with increasing level of education (P for trend = 0.002).

The AAPC for the total period did not show a significant trend.

Overall, the proportion meeting the average targets increased slightly between 2010 (28 %) and 2013 (34 %; +6 %, P < 0·001) and between 2013 and 2017 (38 %; +4 %, P < 0·001), then decreased slightly between 2017 and 2020 (35 %; –3 %, P < 0·001), with a significant trend for increasing proportions ( P -trend < 0·001) over time.