“a strong trend”

DR individuals with the ε4 allele showed a strong trend toward visual impairment and more severe retinal hard exudates, according to another study on type 2 diabetic patients in Mexico [ 63 ].

36 The researchers identified a strong trend toward increasing use of MILN for femoral lengthening between 2011 and 2015 with an increase of 10.2% per year (R 2 = 0.99).

There was a strong trend toward increased mortality in patients whose T cells failed to increase IFN-γ production in response to the three treatments.

4 Clonal expansion and global dissemination of MDR pathogens Many MDR pathogens exhibit community transmissions with a strong trend towards emergence and dissemination of clonal lineages [ 95 , 96 ].

There is a strong trend to continue blood thinning medications during minor oral surgeries and to perform these procedures in outpatient settings [ 21 , 22 ].

There was a strong trend for superior OS for high risk tumors (N2c and N3), but power was very low in this subgroup analysis with only 47 high-risk patients randomized.

Knockdown of Pink1, but not Parkin, also significantly inhibited the stress-induced expansion of the esg-gfp reporter, although Parkin knockdown samples showed a strong trend for reduced esg-gfp expansion ( Fig. 3 I ).

In only 8 out of the 30 conditions did power drop below this number, and these conditions included small numbers of data points in baseline and treatment conditions combined with high amounts of autocorrelation (>0.8, indicating a strong trend).

While cell death and pyroptosis were not directly studied here, a strong trend toward decreased ballooned hepatocytes in the mice treated with the inhibitor suggests a possible decrease in cell death [ 135 ].

In addition, standard-dose NOACs had a strong trend toward a decrease in major bleeding, whereas low-dose NOACs significantly reduced this bleeding risk. 3.4.

A strong trend was a 40–55% decrease in the wet weight of shoots under drought stress.

Similarly, IROs interviewed for this study also stated that there is a strong trend toward ‘corporate access’, meaning that investors and analysts are increasingly asking for direct access to the CEO and the management of companies.

Black race and alcohol intake were significantly associated with mortality, and there was a strong trend toward an effect by lifetime IDU, all plausible associations, which diminished but did not nullify the HTLV-II effect in our multivariate model.

A strong trend towards higher urinary albumin/creatinine ratio in EMPA treated mice compared with H 2 0 control animals was detected, but the observed differences did not reach statistical significance ( Figure 6B ).

A strong trend was the concept of retaining independence and not burdening others, particularly loved ones: “...I also don’t want to burden her with, you know, looking after me because I’ve lived that myself, do you know what I mean? ” (P3, FG6).

Similarly, the inclusion of cluster effects resulted in a strong trend towards improved model fit (χ 2 =3.27, P LRT =0.071) compared with the base model without the random term for participating centers.

We found that a strong trend toward lower S100a8 and a9 gene expression levels in the cloxacillin treatment group ( Figures 7F , G ). 4.

Time management In terms of time management, there was a strong trend towards working by appointment, especially when the patient had an infection (initially fewer patients, then many more).

In support of this explanation, the Describe scale did show a strong trend, which did not reach significance.

18 Over the past decade, there has been a strong trend towards earlier initiation of dialysis in ESRD.

The stepwise regression analyses revealed a strong trend in the level of muscle activation generated in the shoulder joint and girdle with the index of the stabilization of force production (Y = −30.03 + 12.69X, R 2 = 0.29, r = 0.54, p = 0.07; see Figure 6 ).

Interestingly, young and old male MK CM increased total vessel length of female BMECs and demonstrated a strong trend toward increasing total number of vessels ( Figure 3A , 3B , 3E – 3G ).

Predictably, patients who achieved a major pathological response had a strong trend toward an improved PFS compared to those who did not.

This shift demonstrates a strong trend towards quicker surgical intervention after guideline implementation, with fewer patients having lengthy waits.

HRW showed a strong trend toward improvement in overall survival, although not significantly.