“an increasing trend”

CRC is the fourth most common cause of cancer after stomach, esophagus and lung in men and the fifth most common after breast, esophagus, blood and stomach in women in the Golestan region of Iran [ 2 ], with an increasing trend line [ 3 ].

Moreover, an increasing trend of expression was observed in these circulating blood miRNAs from the less advanced stages (I and II) to the more advanced stages (III and IV) when compared with controls ( p ?<?0.05) (Figure 3 A, 3 B and 3 C).

An increasing trend in height and base width of mounds/facets is observed for both angles of incidence with increasing Ar ion fluence albeit the effect is more prominent at 72.5°.

A trend analysis in the EARS-Net Annual Report 2011 showed an increasing trend for Europe, overall [ 6 ].

There is an increasing trend of transiently transfecting tumor suppressor genes into cancer cells to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiations.

Conclusions No reduction was observed in the incidence trends of invasive cancer of the uterine cervix; however, there has been an increasing trend in the number of in situ lesions with a consequent decline in mortality rates.

Participants with VCs in different areas were at a greater risk of death (all-cause or cardiovascular) in the unadjusted analysis (Figures 4 and 5 ) with an increasing trend with increasing VC scores (Table 2 ).

The GMTs of all 3 regions showed an increasing trend year by year.

The data show an increasing trend from 2010 through 2012 as well as a slight seasonal trend with higher visits observed in the spring/summer months as opposed to the autumn/winter months ( Figure 1 ).

For legionellosis, an increasing trend in the number of reported cases was observed in 2010 [2].

Moreover few studies reported an increasing trend of MNOW.

During the past decade, an increasing trend of investigations concerning the possibilities of replacing the existing desulfurisation processes with the extraction of fuels by ecologically acceptable ionic liquids can be observed.

In general, an increasing trend in DPPH activity on cooking was seen in most of the GLVs studied.

In the H group, the peak airway pressure did not change noticeably upon positional change compared to the control, but was significantly elevated with an increasing trend with the passage of time.

Thus there is an increasing trend towards using degradable materials.

There was an increasing trend in job satisfaction from year 1 to year 3 of core training (i.e.

An increasing trend is seen towards the use of combination of a series of preservatives, with an extended action spectrum, because the specific activity of the parabens and the antioxidant character of these additives appear to increase with alkyl-chain length.

There is an increasing trend toward the use of patient-important outcomes, ideally developed with input from the patient population. 7 For spinal conditions, patient-relevant conditions might include pain relief, function, and productivity. 8 In a cost-utility analysis, quality-adjusted survival is calculated using a measure of utility combined with the health outcome in question.

In this study, we found that there was an increasing trend in carotid IMT values according to the number of risk factors ( Figure 1A ), and multiple CVRFs was an independent predictor of carotid IMT ( Table 3 ).

Changes in MDA and proline content MDA content showed an increasing trend under drought conditions ( Figure 7A) .

Still, an increasing trend in the proportion of severe episodes in LMICs seems consistent with a higher proportion expected in HICs.

We assumed these factors were likely to evenly affect all fatal crashes (eg, increased traffic volume along with booming economies, indicating increased exposure to risk of crash, would similarly contribute to an increasing trend in both alcohol-related and non–alcohol-related fatal crashes).

Tremor duration also showed an increasing trend with increasing UPDRS scores, however this was not statistically significant (p>0.05).

Since 1995, the PPD rates showed an increasing trend ( Figure 5 ). 4.

In this study, the results of real-time PCR and ELISA analysis indicated that the mRNA and secretory protein expressions of VEGF and HGF in ASCs showed an increasing trend with increasing passage number.