“an observed trend”

Although this association did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.063), it was interpreted as an observed trend and not as a definitive risk factor.

Although in a water-fed secondary mouse this out-competition was not significant, there was a still an observed trend toward those isolates initially recovered from a PA-fed mouse.

There was no a priori hypothesis - we were commenting on an observed trend.

There is an observed trend toward higher OS in the RI cohort, as not reached (NR) (95% CI: 10.38–NR), compared to the no-RI group of 8.71 months (95% CI: 3.25–NR) (Fig. 1B ).

This finding is echoed by recent coroner’s reports showing an increased prevalence of stimulants in opioid overdoses [ 7 , 24 ], and is aligned with an observed trend of initiation of methamphetamine use by people who use opioids [ 30 ] and increases in methamphetamine-related emergency room admissions [ 31 ].

The results showed that the biofilm formation was strain-specific, with an observed trend of increased biofilm formation at 20 °C and longer incubation time (168 h) ( Figure 1 ; Table 2 ).

Improved hygiene conditions and economic growth have led to an observed trend where S. flexneri is replacing S. sonnei as the predominant species in the incidence of shigellosis[ 54 ].

An observed trend for decreased local and systemic Th1 reactivity against B. afzelii in coinfected mice did not result in a higher spirochete burden, nor did it facilitate bacterial dissemination or induce signs of immunopathology.

There was an observed trend in outcomes measured in the studies; older studies have focused on treatment components and more recent studies on case identification and referral.

darwini , Avisaurus sp .), and another proportionally large enantiornithine ( Magnusavis ), provides additional evidence in support of an observed trend in enantiornithines towards greater body size diversity over time [ 4 , 13 , 16 , 33 ].

An observed trend is rapid sequence evolution in reproductive proteins ( Swanson and Vacquier, 2002 ), and newly duplicated domains can provide novel substrates for evolving new functions at multiple stages of the fertilization cascade.

On the basis of several decades of reliable best-track data, there is no clear evidence of an observed trend in global TCF that can be attributed to anthropogenic warming ( 13 ).

Also, incorporating these substances in different oral products is an observed trend; therefore, their effect on dental plaque formation, antioxidant status and consumer acceptability must also be evaluated.

There was an observed trend towards increased viremia among women, but not enough women were enrolled to find a significant difference ( P = .066).

We next fit the previous model but also included an extra random effect of “year,” because of an observed trend in birth weight over time (see Results).

Consistent with our findings, Nova Scotia health system partners reported an observed trend of increased health system use among the Nova Scotia older adult population.

Of note, there was an observed trend of increased spending related to primary care; however, this did not achieve statistical significance ( P =.09).

Although there is an observed trend toward a more positive outcome in the DASH diet group, the results must be interpreted cautiously.

Our first key finding was an observed trend towards heightened heterogeneity in individuals at CHR-P in a cluster of frontal, temporal and hippocampal regions compared with HC.

An observed trend with the LoRA and QLoRA methods is that the ratio of LoRA Rank to LoRA Alpha among the top-performing models is, with two exceptions, either a 2:1 or 4:1 ratio.

No statistically significant changes were seen in liver histology, but there was an observed trend towards improvement in hepatic steatosis.

It is worth noting that there was also an observed trend towards a decrease in PD-L1 expression within cancer cells.

The results highlighted an observed trend in the Brazilian food pattern: the substitution of traditional meals, rich in natural or minimally processed foods, to UPFs.

Hemispheric helicity rule is an observed trend of solar magnetic fields that indicates, in the northern hemisphere of the Sun, magnetic fields show primarily negative chirality while those in the southern hemisphere show primarily positive chirality 44 .

[ 22 ] Although not statistically significant, there was an observed trend of increased HSA with advancing age among individuals classified at GMFCS level V.