“a slight trend”

In the non-SCC group, although no significant difference could be observed, patients in the RT + group exhibited a slight trend toward poorer prognosis compared to those in the RT − group (SCC, P=0.986; non-SCC, P=0.17; Fig. 3B ).

Comparison of the number of variants in CNV14q12 seen in CML patients with and without a der(9) deletion showed a slight trend but no statistical difference in the frequency of the CNV14q12 variation in the presence of a der(9) deletion (p ≤ 1).

There was a slight trend towards more stressful life events prior to Giardia enteritis among patients with fatigue development over months compared to patients with fatigue development within weeks [ 19 ].

Within Fort Bragg there were clearly no differences in either metric between seasons, but within the Channel Islands there was a slight trend of greater total effort (number of receipts) during those months limited to a four-day work-week compared to the unlimited period.

Evaluation of Group 4 - parallel roots (n = 34) In the evaluation of Group 4 (parallel roots) at different angles, there was a slight trend towards increase in the values from T 1 to T 4 , although this increase was not statistically significant.

Again, there is a slight trend toward divergence of the cost-based and charge-based weights.

Kaplan–Meier survival curves showed a slight trend towards higher survival in the mAFP 5+ group compared to the mAFP CP group; however, no statistically significant difference in survival between both groups was observed at day 30 ( P = 0.370) ( Figure 6 ).

Anatomical outcome Retinal volume and central retinal thickness remained stable at three months follow up, with a slight trend toward decreasing in both subthreshold groups with 0.08 ± 0.3 in 5% DC group and 0.12 ± 0.11 in 15% DC group.

All test results based on gave -values greater than , although there was a slight trend of decreasing -values as increases.

There is a slight trend towards stronger interactions near the centre of the fibre.

Concerning the vertical dimension, on average, a slight trend toward a dolichofacial skull configuration was found (Δ ML-NSL: 5.07 ± 9.23, Δ ML-NL: 4.24 ± 8.04°).

Additionally, radiographic fracture line visibility did not fully correlate with clinical healing, and a slight trend toward increased callus formation in the LIPUS group was not statistically significant due to the limited sample size.

There is a slight trend for smaller particles to clog at higher constriction number (deeper in the channel), which seems obvious since smaller particles are more likely to be pushed through a constriction, having to go through less shape modification (deswelling and deformation).

In ARC, in line with the modest Ghsr deletion, expression of orexigenic neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related peptide (AgRP), as well as cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1), showed only a slight trend of decrease (not statistically significant), whereas anorexic pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) was unchanged in Syn1 - Cre ; Ghsr f/f mice ( Fig. 4 C ).

In addition, the biochemical values of blood in the database showed a slight trend toward an increase in platelet concentration at 9 h compared with the other clusters ( Supplementary Figure 11 ).

The 4-week expression of GFP-CAG-NLS-JBD or GFP-CAG-NES-JBD did not alter immobility time in this test of behavioural despair ( Figure 6f ), although there was a slight trend.

This analysis showed a slight trend toward a further reduction in both the total and peak ATP release in four VVRIs compared with three VVRIs; overall, there was no statistically significant difference between three and four VVRIs for any RV16 infection state.

We then evaluated the eclosed flies for climbing activity, and did not observe any significant differences between these flies and control flies, although there was a slight trend towards decreased climbing activity ( Figure 7b ).

We found a slight trend of increasing risk of BCC among the users of glucocorticoids with longer duration of use, with IRRs increasing to 1.17 (95% CI: 1.08–1.28) among recorded users of more than 1 year, and to 1.22 (95% CI: 1.09–1.36) among recorded users of more than 5 years before the diagnosis date ( Table 2 ).

Results We found no statistically significant difference between short-term and long-term hospitalizations for reducing instances of re-hospitalization ( p = 0.889) and recidivism ( p = 0.54), although there was a slight trend toward short-term hospitalization vis-à-vis reduced recidivism.

A slight trend of increasing melting temperature was observed among the functionalized nanogels (N2, N3, and N4) as the PEGA3500-NHS initial content increased during nanogel synthesis (S7 Fig in S1 File ).

A slight trend toward better endurance and relaxation was observed in the SPG, though not statistically significant ( p = 0.46; p = 0.85).

We found that the pitch contours were modified differently across birds with a slight trend towards the largest changes in pitch occurring in the middle and the last third of the syllable ( Figure S4A, B ).

A slight trend for an increase in total spore count and density was observed upon addition of hyssop, but these results remain statistically non-significant and do not affect the anti-aflatoxinogenic property of the extract.

Significant fluctuation was seen between visits, with a slight trend towards larger total bladder volumes.