“an increasing trend”

Our results show that consistently long sleep, particularly with an increasing trend, is significantly associated with accelerated cognitive decline.

Our findings suggest a decreasing trend in recorded CKD rates and an increasing trend in recorded hemodialysis rates within the healthcare system.

Conversely, Isfahan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and Sistan and Baluchistan were the only provinces with an increasing trend, a finding underscored by their FOI being higher than their ICR.

In contrast, ACC/AHA-defined hypertension showed an increasing trend (AAPC 1.92%; 95% CI: 0.35 to 3.52), as did the reclassified group (AAPC 2.88%; 95% CI: 1.31 to 4.48) ( Supplementary Table S5 ).

It could be seen that at both time points, the expression levels of COL2A1 in the blank group, NCCL-CG group, FCCL-DG group, and WCCL-DG group showed an increasing trend, and the WCCL-DG group was closest to the Sham group (Fig. 8a,b ).

The Loess Plateau exhibited a significant decreasing trend in March EGR from 2000 to 2023, whereas the Mongolian Gobi showed no such decline and instead exhibited an increasing trend (Fig. 3 ).

It can be found that the initial stress, residual stress, the time duration required for stress relaxation to reach stability and the stress relaxation magnitude of the sample after acid etching generally show an increasing trend with the increase of the strain level.

in the environment, despite an increasing trend having been well-evidenced in human medicine 37 , 40 .

WHO estimates reveal an increasing trend in the prevalence of anemia (21.70% in 2019 vs 23.30% in 2022), which could also be observed in this study. 10 In the age group between 18-49 years, anemia was more frequent in females than in male patients, while in the older age groups, anemia prevalence was higher in males compared to females.

Previously, we showed an increasing trend in hepatic NEFA levels after CR in OLETF (Cornejo et al., 2020 ) and in total FAs (Figure 5a ).

Surface DOC, which comprises <1% of total SOC, showed an increasing trend associated with warming-enhanced plant inputs, yet this small increase was insufficient to counterbalance the substantial POC loss.

S14 illustrates the changes in modulus, revealing an increasing trend with lower PEG content.

Specifically, CAF treatment led to a reduction in G-lignin and an increase in S-lignin subunits, resulting in an increasing trend of S/G ratio ( Figs. 6c and S9b ).

As ultrasonic power and tumbling time increased, the α-helix proportion gradually decreased, while the β-sheet proportion exhibited an increasing trend.

Conversely, the burden in regions with lower socioeconomic levels was also high but exhibited an increasing trend.

The spatial distribution of hepatitis B incidence between 2004 and 2020 showed an increasing trend from east to west, consistent with the finding of previous study [ 26 ].

Comparison of shoulder joint function and pain scores among the three patient groups At each postoperative time point, VAS scores showed a decreasing trend across all three groups, while UCLA and ASES scores exhibited an increasing trend.

In 2021, mental disorders were responsible for approximately 155 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) globally, with an increasing trend observed over the past three decades [ 4 , 5 ].

Results The average body weight of rats in the two groups showed an increasing trend but there was no significant difference at the beginning of treatment and at 4, 8, and 12 weeks (Fig. 1 ).

Consistent with previous research, endoscopic resection of CRA did not alter the overall structure of the gut microbiota, while the abundance of protective bacterial groups showed an increasing trend and tumor associated bacteria exhibited a decreasing trend [ 4 ].

Moreover, the Pfirrmann grades showed an increasing trend with age in all lumbar discs, especially in the L1-L2, L2-L3, and L3-L4 segments.

Cat aggressions in Yucatan have shown an increasing trend, primarily affecting adult women with low post‐exposure prophylactic rabies vaccination in cats.

In HSV-1–infected HCECs at 0, 6, 12, and 24 hpi, western blot analysis showed an increasing trend in the protein levels of PANoptosis-related molecules (GSDMD, MLKL, CASP3, RIPK3, CASP1, PARP) and their active forms, although p-MLKL and c-CASP3 showed a transient, non-significant decrease at 12 hpi ( Figs. 4 A, 4 B).

In the spleen, the mRNA expression of IL-1β in the HM group showed an increasing trend compared to the H group, but this difference was not statistically significant (Fig. 2 D).

As shown in Figure 4b , the release amounts of pyrolysis gases for PSA‐EM, PSA‐MM, PSA‐ME, and PSA‐EE are 2273, 2365, 2496, and 2654, respectively, indicating an increasing trend.