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Notably, either BAC at the entry and at the exit remained highly significant in all models even when the number of alcohol units declared was included.

The results of the first model were substantially confirmed: an increase in BAC was significantly associated with an increase in reaction time; and the increase of BAC between the entry and the exit from the recreational site caused a lower augment of reaction time among the males, who also showed a lower reaction time than females (although of borderline significance).

A few estimates approached marginal significance but in inconsistent directions.

One item - linking obesity to access to poor foods - showed to be a highly significant predictor for support of all three policies.

A highly significant Intervention group* Test round interaction was found for weight loss, BMI, fat percentage, waist circumference and diastolic blood pressure.

Analyses were also tested with only income (in which income was slightly significant) and with only assets (in in which assets were slightly more significant) - as well as subsequent analyses - suggested that this high correlation is not driven by a variable omitted from this analysis.

A final limitation of this study is that the significantly diminished sample sizes of the GLF at the regional level mean that there may be significant error in its estimates.

At 6 months, a statistically significant beneficial intervention effect was found for snack and fruit intake, and a borderline significant effect was found for alcohol.

In participants with diabetes, those with middle or low functioning had a borderline significant longer duration of diabetes.

The majority of theses association were significant, with the remainder marginally significant.

The rate was significantly higher in truck drivers and showed an increasing trend with age (Table 2 ).

Moreover, most studies have utilised cross-sectional designs, although the duration in peripheral employment might be significant for health impacts to develop [ 14 ].

There was also a marginally significant association between willingness to get tested at the MSHRC and having lent or borrowed syringes to/from others in the past six months (OR = 2.36; 95%CI: 0.94 - 5.90).

However, the overall association of education with acceptance of PITC in this study is marginally significant which indicates lack of power.

Among the three groups (attendees in intervention group, non-attendees in intervention group and control group), there was a significant difference in working hours and a marginally significant difference in years of experience in community-based clinical practice.

Although it is difficult to see a clear trend from these national data, rates look to have increased slightly since 2000.

Discussion A positive trend of caries prevalence over a period 1994–2010 was observed both for national monitoring and smaller epidemiological studies.

In a series of IHIS studies conducted over years 1994–2006, a significant trend of declining mean dmft and mean dt value per child and increasing trend of percentage of caries-free children was observed (p < 0.05).

In contrast to a Norwegian health survey study [ 40 ] showing a decreasing trend of incidence of statin treatment by increasing education in individuals without reported CVD or diabetes at baseline, we found almost the same incidence across educational groups among asymptomatic individuals, censoring for new onset of CVD/diabetes.

On the other hand, the utilization of patented ACEIs showed an increasing trend throughout the study period (Figure 3 b and Table 2 ).

When off-patent ACEIs were further categorized into original branded and generic versions, we found that the baseline increasing trend for the utilization of original branded version turned to a decreasing trend after the implementation of PA2004.

Changes after 12 months intervention In the intention to treat analysis, a highly significant Intervention group* Test round effect between the two groups was found for change in weight, BMI and fat percentages from test 1 to test 3.

Given that the unemployment was approaching significance it is likely this factor would have reached statistical significance with a larger sample size.

Age-standardized mortality rates did not show an increasing trend (APC: 3.0, (95% CI: -2.8 to9.1), except for the group aged 55–64 years (APC: 11.3, 95% CI: 1.1 to 22.4).

However, a decreasing trend has been observed since 2003 due to the decreasing use of HRT [ 18 ].