an increasing trendP <0.001
Although this may represent an increasing trend, particularly from around the year 2000 (Pearson's correlation for annual number of predictive tests 1990–2011 vs duration since 1990: P <0.001), it is also possible that the predictive test number may have plateaued since 2005, with the annual number of tests between 2005 and 2011 fluctuating around an average of 11/year (range 9–14).