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The same pattern also emerged for the “decision-making” dimension even though the difference only approaches statistical significance.

Previous studies showed that increasing the upper arm elevation and abduction were related to an increasing trend of discomfort [ 12 , 13 , 14 ].

Despite all efforts to prevent complications from the disease, in recent years there has been an increasing trend in the prevalence of diabetes, mainly type 2 DM (t2DM) non-insulin dependent patients, counting for one of the main causes of mortality in European Union (EU).

Our findings demystify the reported lack of an obvious trend in root caries that was brought to light by Dye et al.

After controlling several characteristics of the children and their families, data from Young Lives sample showed a significant negative effect of poor visual acuity on mathematics tests, marginally significant for vocabulary by analyzing children aging from 7 to 8 in Peru [ 19 ].

Correlations of borderline significance were found between smoking duration and total power, and between daily exposure and HF.

An apparent trend of gradual increase was also observed from the western areas to the southeast coastal areas.

Activity with the potential use of lead was associated with increased BLL at the limit of significance, especially for the higher quartile, although not significant.

Other potential sources of lead associated with BLLs with marginal significance were consumption of rice, paternal occupational exposure, and the presence of activity with the potential use of lead.

Overall, there is a strong trend supporting the feasibility of Teledentistry compared to the traditional approaches [ 29 ].

Based on the number of vehicles time series for the subject period, there has almost been an increasing trend in the number of registered taxis in the West Bank during 1994–2018 except for the period of 2000–2003, due to the second Palestinian uprising against Israel, which began in 2000.

Heat-related effects did not display a clearly significant pattern.

Alfonso and Francisco [ 24 ] estimated the environmental efficiency of agricultural production regarding fertilizer use in European countries with DEA, and showed that environmental efficiency from 2001 to 2012 had an increasing trend.

The non-agricultural employment ratio was the leading factor for increasing FUE, and its degree of influence showed a decreasing trend from eastern to western China.

There was a positive trend between number of medications, ADE/ADRs report and DDIs.

A positive trend is also observed for 8-oxodGuo, suggesting a smaller association of these exposure levels with the DNA oxidative damage with respect to damage to RNA and proteins.

About 48% of LTCI beneficiaries were in LTC facilities or at home when they died, implying an increasing trend in the number of older adults dying in LTC facilities.

Community well-being declined with increased clearing of endangered ecological communities, loss [ 59 ] of highly significant Aboriginal sites, and displacement of rural families as a result of the mine’s extension, but increased with the length of time that the mine provided employment and with the planting or protection of endangered ecological communities as offsets [ 32 ].

It should be noted, however, that subjective well-being shows higher levels of positive affect (at the limit of significance) and in perception of overall happiness, but not of negative affect.

There was a slightly significant difference in the level of education between the non-DM and DM groups. 3.2.

However, a clear trend was observed for the BW with PM 2.5 exposure.

A positive trend in its economic growth and improvement in inhabitants’ lives has been observed [ 1 ].

Compared to normative PSS-10 data, our means showed an overall trend of higher averages in the country-level analyses we report (e.g., Germany and Mexico; we were unable to find pre-pandemic PSS-10 data for Pakistan) [ 12 , 47 , 52 , 53 ].

Other studies suggest that there is an increasing trend in gambling, the prevalence growing rapidly in adolescents to decline in young adulthood [ 69 , 85 ].

In a study aimed at determining the prognostic factors of perceived health 3 months after surgery, the use of walking aids before the fracture was evidenced as a significant and independent risk factor for a low PCS-12 score, PCS-12 score prefracture, and cognitive dysfunction, while the only statistically significant and independent risk factor for a low MCS-12 score was the prefracture MCS-12 score, and while the female gender demonstrated marginal significance [ 46 ].