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The intervention scores gradually increased till the end of March 2020, after which a decreasing trend was observed.

Time taken for sensory regression to L1 (TTSRL1) in group C was 191.11 ± 17.64 min and 278.89 ± 14.53 min in group D, showing a highly significant difference (P-value: 0.000*).

Follow-up showed a decreasing trend of liver enzymes suggesting complete remission.

Results showing highly significant increases on three out of four health literacy test items appear similarly promising.

In another study by Tawfik et al., where blood pressure was correlated with BMI, WHtR, and WC and SH, it was highly significant in patients with high WHtR but not significant with WC and BMI [ 26 ].

The disconnect between reported listening habits and optimal learning behaviors may be significant, given the reported impact of podcasts on clinical decisions, and may decrease their potential as knowledge translation vehicles [ 4 ].

This observation was similar to other studies which showed an increasing trend in the total number of elders undergoing a renal biopsy, for the obvious reason of increased life expectancy worldwide [ 8 ].

Borderline elevations of serum alanine transaminase (ALT) levels were seen; normally, such elevations do not require further testing or strict follow-up, but with regard to chronic HBV, these are extremely significant.

In addition, according to the AWaRe classification proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), a proportion of Access group antimicrobials is on an increasing trend (18.1%, as of 2019), while that of Watch group antimicrobials has decreased to 80.1%, suggesting that the antimicrobial use is gradually being optimized in Japan [ 14 ].

There is an increasing trend in the incidence of SEP in the past few decades.

With the advent of COVID-19, there has been an increasing trend for diabetes and its complications.

Literature review There has been an increasing trend for the utilization of digital learning and the flipped classroom model in medical and postgraduate medical education [ 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 ].

We recommend further investigations in a multicenter study with a larger sample size to explore the different variables that were not statistically significant but trending toward significance.

Efforts are being taken to control stroke in the general population, but in parallel, there is an increasing trend of stroke among the young population.

Extra-intestinal effects of gastric stimulation parameters include alterations in systemic hormonal and autonomic neural activity, as well as modification of afferent nerve pathways projecting to the central nervous system, which might be significant mechanisms of action [ 11 ].

In our study, a six-year screening of blood donors found HBV in 1.08% of samples and HCV in 2.78% of samples, with an increasing trend for both viruses except for a slight dip in 2011 in HCV incidence for unknown reasons.

These data indicate a decreasing trend in HBV prevalence and an increasing prevalence of HCV [ 11 ].

Six dummy variables of 0-15 yrs, 16-30 yrs, 31-45 yrs, 46-60 yrs, 61-75 yrs, and 75+ were created for age groupings, and an increasing trend of fatality was observed as the age advances, with the highest risk of death among cases more than 75 years of age followed by age group 60-75 years.

A decreasing trend in the odds ratio was seen with increasing age, indicating younger children are more prone to severe injury as compared to older ones.

Recently, there has been a transition in the management of VAPA with an increasing trend towards adopting endovascular coil embolization as a treatment option, which has shown better outcomes and reduced morbidity [ 9 - 10 ].

There has also been an increasing trend in the number of prevalent and incident TBI cases within the region over the past 15 years.

Among children aged 1-17 years, the prevalence of untreated caries was highest for the 1-5 years age category with a decreasing trend in consecutive years.

While credit must go directly to the specialists in our hospital, on a larger scale this could also reflect a positive trend in the overall NHS direction to continue investing in and developing projects in telemedicine while supporting clinicians to make the best use of these opportunities [ 21 ].

Discussion In this study, we demonstrated an increasing trend in the number of individuals who died from suicide by hanging and a rise in the likelihood that those individuals had been solid organ donors.

Similarly, Klebsiella species has also shown an increasing trend of resistance against commonly used antibiotics with cefotaxime resistance increased from 75% to 94%, ciprofloxacin went from 64% to 84%, and carbapenems from 2.4% to 52% [ 17 ].