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The associations were statistically significant for perceived weight among both boys and girls and nearly statistically significant for actual obesity among girls and all participants.

Although the overall positive changes were highly significant (<0.001), no statistically significant changes were found for the item (v), people who share my hobbies and interests and item (mean difference 0.016, SD 1.39, SEM 0.05, t 0.28, df 640, p = 0.77) and (vi), people in my life who really care about me (mean difference 0.01, SD 1.01, SEM 0.04, t −0.19, df 654, p = 0.85).

Fatal malaria and Salmonella sepsis showed significantly higher vascular expression of all 3 adhesion molecules, with highly significant co-localization with sequestration in the malaria cases.

In general, there was an increasing trend in the number of cells from about 5.0 × 10 8 cells (methanol control group) to about 6.0 × 10 8 cells (25ppm).

An increasing trend for all age groups was observed mainly up to 1992 in males, whereas in females the rates showed an increased trend in the whole time period.

Fourth, results from highly significant statistics ( Ǫ , Ǫ i , Ǫ t , and the cardinality of the results from these methods) were used to identify cluster constituents along the lines illustrated in Figure 2 .

The number of complaints increases day by day due to an increasing trend of air pollution.

Between-group differences for changes in weight and BMI also approached significance, with greater changes seen in the treatment group.

Pooled Sample Analysis When the UK tariff was used in the total sample ( Table 3 , columns 7 and 8), younger age at diagnosis was associated with lower HU scores (marginally significant).

In a recent study [ 35 ], we reported highly significant correlations between exposure of parental couples to metal delivering weaponry during Operation Cast Lead, the major recent military attack up to then, and the delivery of a baby with major structural birth defects as defined according to the CD10 [ 36 ]. 27% (15/55) of the couples with birth defect children born between May and September of 2011, declared exposure to WP explosions, versus 1.7% (67/3,932) of parents with normal offspring born in the same period.

Although PLD use alone is not a major predictor of hearing thresholds, intensity and duration of listening may be significant indicators of hearing acuity.

A decreasing trend in AIDS risk was observed from the youngest cohort (≥1940) to the oldest (1910–1919).

From 1982 to 2006, we could detect an increasing trend in AIDS risk in the population aged 50 years or older.

The annual number of deaths caused by cardiovascular disease is nearly 3 million, particularly, cardiovascular events in elderly people showed an increasing trend with the augment of heat wave events due to climate warming [ 6 ].

Although total annual rainfall does not show statistically significant trends throughout the 20th century, the analysis of seasonal rainfall reveals a marked trend to the decrease of spring rainfall during the 20th century in the southwest of Spain.

The independent effect of noise exposure on reproductive outcomes didn’t reach statistical significance, but a multivariate analysis of non-exposed compared with exposed women found an effect of standing on preterm labor (OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.05–3.16) and preterm birth (OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.03–2.80) and showed a trend towards an effect of noise exposure on preterm labor (OR 1.76, 95% CI 0.78–3.39) after controlling for other exposures.

However, in the case of the ICES-PCBs (ρ = 0.70) and total PCBs (ρ = 0.81), no significant site difference was apparent in the ANOVA results.

(2) Both average arrival time and biggest traveling time have an increasing trend with the enlargement of vehicle maximum capacity, respectively changing from 62.00 to 166.57 and from 175.09 to 455.03.

The potential positive effects of pets on cardiac disease (as described above) and cancer alone could be extremely significant, but in addition, animals are reported to have positive effects on a wide spectrum of health and social issues including wound healing and immune health through the effects of the neurotransmitter oxytocin [ 49 , 54 , 55 , 56 ], pediatric respiratory diseases [ 57 ], child development [ 58 ], elder care [ 59 , 60 , 61 ] and pain reduction or distraction [ 39 ].

Results The results show an increasing trend in the annual mean concentrations of PM 2.5 in Saudi Arabia (about 2 μg/m 3 in seven years).

Over the four collection periods, the median daily mouth-level BaP intake from the spent filter analysis showed a decreasing trend as participants switched from their usual brands to Quest ® brands ( Figure 1 A).

Table 2 shows the relationships that were statistically significant or marginally statistically significant.

A trend analysis of the same municipalities revealed a statistically significant increasing trend for urogenital anomalies [excess relative risk (ERR) = 13.8; 95%CI = 5l8 to 22l5] and a decreasing trend for cardiovascular anomalies (ERR = −5.3; 95% CI = −9.4 to −1).

The study also detected a positive trend across WEI groups, but statistical significance was not reached.

Moreover, unimproved sanitation facilities remained borderline significant (OR 1.63; 95% CI 0.99–2.69).