“a slight trend”

We observed a slight trend of an increasing BMI z -score with higher quantiles of all biomarkers; however, credible intervals were very wide ( Figure 3 ).

However, there was a slight trend towards reduced expression of TOB1 in the RRMS group.

Few studies have shown significant differences between men and women with respect to P wave amplitude and duration although a slight trend of increased P wave duration in men than women and this duration increasing with advancing age has been found 54 , 55 .

After the adoption of the system in this article, the success rate of off-peak trading of the subjects showed a slight trend of improvement, with an improved range of approximately 5%–12%; during the recommendation peak period, the success rate of transactions showed a significant upward trend, with an increase of more than 68%.

along the first factor but an overlap amongst all four species along the second factor, where a slight trend separating E. glareosa s.l. and E. nicaeensis s.l. could be observed ( Figure 7C ).

Cell growth kinetics revealed a slight trend toward decreasing proliferation potential with age ( Fig. 2B ).

The current study was performed in a seven years’ time span, and a slight trend towards higher detection rates during the rainy season was observed.

As shown in S6B Fig , the ExsA T48I protein showed a slight trend toward reduced interaction with ExsD, but this difference was not significant compared to the ExsA control.

CTLA4 was significantly increased in all T cell fractions from CTEPH patients compared to HCs, except for Tregs in which only a slight trend was observed ( Figure 2A ).

In case of the deformation measure, ε p reached 10% at maximum in ductile samples, and we observed a slight trend toward decreasing ε p with increasing moisture content especially at lower velocity.

Compared to the training set with an AUC value of 0.94, despite a slight trend towards an unbalanced data distribution, it still showed excellent diagnostic performance.

As the number of poses involved in the optimization further increased, the accuracy of the optimization results still increased with a slight trend, eventually reaching a high level.

No statistically significant differences in age distribution were observed between genders (χ 2 = 0.668, p = 0.414) or between urban and rural populations (χ 2 = 0.000, p = 1.000), although a slight trend showed that male patients and urban residents tended to be older.

A slight trend toward a higher concentration of squalene and phytosterols was associated with increased values in the percentage moisture of the larvae batch.

Adulterated SF samples showed a slight trend to cluster by their level of adulteration in subclusters.

Although occurring rarely, the percentage of eYFP + luminal cells increased on average over time with a slight trend to be higher in the CK5-Pip; however, it is not statistically different ( Fig. 4G ).

The analysis that we conducted on 1.178 patients showed a slight trend of more diagnoses and the greater efficacy of a single pass in patients who underwent contrast-guided pancreatic sampling, although this finding did not reach statistical significance.

Descriptively, a slight trend towards higher approval after mentioning these factors could be noted-a hint, that overdrawn fears of patients are a greater problem than unrealistic expectations, as described in a previous survey [ 8 ].

Although differences between on- and off-axis optimized plans were not statistically significant, on-axis plans showed a slight trend toward greater reductions in isodose line volumes ( Table 2 , Fig.

Despite this underestimation, our data still indicate a slight trend toward a higher incidence of these outcomes in patients with MI, raising concerns about potential residual complications after 2 years.

A meta-analysis of 27 randomized, double-blind, trials in 2314 patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, neurosurgery, or orthopedic surgery showed that ketorolac does not increase clinically significant bleeding, compared with controls (OR 1.1, 95% CI 0.61–2.06, P = 0.72); however, there appeared to be a slight trend toward more bleeding with higher doses (> 30 mg) (Gobble et al. 2014 ).

In conclusion, there is a significant difference in failure rates between OMIs placed in the maxilla versus the mandible, with a slight trend towards higher failure rates in the maxilla.

There was a slight trend toward increased tonic action potential half-width at CT 8–12 ( Fig. 4 F), similar to the wider action potentials observed during the evening under LD conditions (ZT 8–12).

While morphology indicates a slight trend of watershed separation, this was not corroborated by the molecular data.

Beyond the lack of inhibitory efficacy of aspirin, we observed a slight trend toward increased platelet activation for aspirin-treated platelets exposed to snoring.