“an increasing trend”

Trends over time in carriage prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes Among the Sp-carriers based on Quellung-results, a decreasing trend (p < 0.001) in the proportion of non-PCV13-VTs (94.6%, 438/463 isolates in 2016 vs 96.9%, 594/613 isolates in 2016–2017 vs 89.7%, 599/668 isolates in 2017–2018) was accompanied by an increasing trend (p < 0.001) in the proportion of PCV13-non-PCV10-VTs (3 + 6A + 19A: 0.9%, 4/463 isolates in 2016 vs 1.6%, 10/613 isolates in 2016–2017 vs 7.8%, 52/668 isolates in 2017–2018; Figure 1 ).

The proportions of females were different among the three groups, with an increasing trend towards the symptomatic bronchiectasis group (34.4% versus 39.0% versus 45.3%, p<0.001), whereas age was greater in the asymptomatic bronchiectasis group than in the other two groups (58.19 years versus 64.24 years versus 62.64 years, p<0.001).

White OC mortality also followed an inverted V pattern, with an increasing trend immediately followed by a decreasing trend (AAPC = −1.26%, 95% CI: 0.51 to 2.01, and P = .001) (Fig. 5 B).

Bonferroni paired test indicated that AOFAS score showed an increasing trend ( p < 0.001) at 1d, 3ds, 1 W, 2Ws and 4Ws after the treatment, compared to the baseline.

Globally, both prevalence and YLDs rates for CKD-associated HF demonstrated an increasing trend from 1990 to 2021, with the AAPC of 2.21 (95% CI, 2.17–2.25; p < 0.001) for prevalence and 2.20 (95% CI, 2.16–2.24; p < 0.001) for YLDs.

For insurance, the percentage of Medicaid showed an increasing trend recently ( p < 0.001).

An increasing trend of dietary intakes of total energy, carbohydrate, cholesterol and protein was observed across increasing intakes of L-arginine ( P = 0.001); compared to the lowest tertile, those in the highest tertile of L-arginine had also lower intakes of total fats as well as saturated and unsaturated fats ( P = 0.001).

coccoides , Roseburia , and Bacteroides , showed an increasing trend in AkhaCR (coordinate = 1.56, p < 0.001), while grain consumption was lower ( r = −0.53, p < 0.001).

Concurrently, UACR demonstrated an increasing trend in albuminuria across the quartiles (p < 0.001).

Results From 2017 to 2021, there was an increase in the number of Brazilian women from 105.2 to 108.2 million, with an increasing trend (APC 0.7%; P < .001).

Results The serum levels of 25(OH)D, 25(OH)D3, and F25(OH)D showed a decreasing trend ( z = −2.781–−3.996, P < 0.01) in RA patients with CKD progression from mild to severe, while C3-epi-25(OH)D3 showed an increasing trend ( z = 6.741, P < 0.001) and 25(OH)D2 showed no significant difference among the groups ( z = 0.976, P = 0.329).

There was a decreasing trend in C-MMSE scores with increasing age and an increasing trend in C-MMSE scores with increasing levels of education, annual household income, and social support (all P < 0.001).

CAR showed an increasing trend in the oral mass and metastasis groups (10 times and 100 times, respectively) compared to the no oral mass group ( P < 0.001).

An increasing trend in age was observed across the BUCR categories (63.52 ± 14.42 vs. 68.70 ± 14.15 vs. 73.48 ± 12.48 years; P < 0.001), along with a progressively greater proportion of male patients (38.56% vs. 42.54% vs. 62.35%; P < 0.001).

In this survey on antibody responses for SARS‐CoV‐2 among Egyptian blood donors, an increasing trend in the prevalence rates was seen throughout the study period: 13.2% during March, 19.2% during June, and 66% during July ( p < 0.001) (Figure 1 ).

In the ITS analysis, there was a significant increase in the odds of arriving at the hospital within 3 hours from the end of the precampaign period to just after the beginning of the campaign (odds ratio [OR], 8.01; 95% CI, 7.17-8.95; P < .001), with an increasing trend after the campaign (OR, 1.08; 95% CI, 1.06-1.10; P < .001).

The incidence showed an increasing trend as estimated by linear regression ( P < 0.001).

Overall, the HCV prevalence showed an increasing trend prevalence ( X 2 = 18.7, p < 0.001) in HIV infected individuals than non-infected counterparts with a median prevalence of 6.5% (IQR = 4.2–9.9) [ 11 , 12 , 53 , 55 , 64 , 66 – 69 ].

The comparison of the number of radical prostatectomies performed during the first 10 years of the Reference Center for Prostate Tumors (mean 71.60 ± 54.36, range 4-136) with the subsequent 10 years (191.60 ± 23.74, range 157-247) provides an insight into an increasing trend of the surgical treatment of prostate cancer (p <0.001, 95% CI -159.41 to -80.59).

Moreover, there was an increasing trend in number of MDSCs recruited into mouse lung interstitium with the increase of exposure time ( P < 0.001) (Fig. 7 C).

Among comorbidities, the prevalence of HF, MI, and CKD showed an increasing trend (all P < 0.001).

From January 2000 to March 2008, there was an increasing trend in the number of cases of infective endocarditis (P<0.001), cases possibly attributable to oral streptococci (P<0.001), and deaths from infective endocarditis (P=0.008).

NLR values also showed an increasing trend by MetS score (p < 0.001; Fig. 3 ).

The frequency of mutations from 0 time point to 12 and 24 months showed that there was an increasing trend between sequential samples (P < 0.001).

reported an increasing trend of the mean total charges for DKA admissions from $18,987 in 2003 to $26,566 in 2014 ( p < 0.001) [ 21 ].