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Thus, except for the studies in which no significant differences were observed, based both on small cohort of patients, a positive trend between OC levels and bone healing was detected.

While there was no significant difference regarding ischemic events, a numerical trend towards a higher number of early ischemic events was observed between the two groups [ 23 ].

In many cases, the radiation burden to the patient and operative team may be significant.

Anxiety was a highly significant predictor of the risk of belonging to the high-level pain group.

Triglyceride Levels Overall, in the primary analyses, a strong trend towards the affected twins having statistically significantly higher triglycerides than the low-risk twins (1.1 mmol/L, 95% CI:1.0–1.2 vs. 0.8 mmol/L, 95% CI:0.5–1.0, p = 0.052) was seen.

Additionally, many of the data trend toward significance, suggesting that these trends might potentially reach statistical significance in a larger population.

Additionally, there is a trend towards significance for foot fractures ( p -value: 0.052) ( Table 3 ).

A statistical trend towards higher estimated glomerular filtration rates was observed in the arrhythmia groups (79 mL/min in both groups vs. 65 mL/min).

In their second animal model study, the authors were able to demonstrate a highly significant favorable neurological outcome for animals with head elevation during the first 20 min of post-resuscitation care, whereas histopathologic findings did not show corresponding differences between the groups.

According to the Cox model, the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a significant reduction in the utilization of Sacubitril/Valsartan (HR = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.65–0.91, model adjusted also for calendar time, given that Sacubitril/Valsartan prescriptions showed a clear trend during the study period) and implantations of CRT/ICD (HR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.78–0.92), but it had no significant effect on the probability of receiving an MCS (HR = 1.11, 95% CI: 0.86–1.43) or undergoing a HTX (HR = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.70–1.09).

In particular, a decreasing trend in HF hospitalizations during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic was reported, together with changes in interventional and surgical practice [ 4 , 8 ].

While our data suggest a clear trend, the mechanisms behind these gender-specific survival advantages remain to be fully understood.

Moreover, the levels of anti-inflammatory IL-10 showed a strong trend to be higher in the FECD + cataract group compared to the control group.

An increasing trend in the incidence and prevalence of IBD is depicted by genetics, gut microbes, as well as dietary and environmental influences as the major contributing factors.

The p -values of <0.05 and <0.1 were regarded as significant and borderline significant, respectively.

Figure 1 illustrates a notable trend: pediatric OHCA incidence was higher in less urbanized and non-metropolitan areas.

Nonetheless, the use of wearable systems in the United States population is already showing an increasing trend both in the age group of 50 to 64 as well as over 65 years of age with high distribution rates of smartphones and tablets among the aging and elderly [ 94 ] 5.

Postoperative hypoparathyroidism on the first day (POD-1) showed a trend toward reduction in the ICGA group (25.8%) compared to the control group (35.8%), although this did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.09).

Nominally significant results can be derived from confidence intervals.

They also found a statistical trend for the effect of electric field strength on tACS-induced BOLD signal changes in both hemispheres.

ELi corrects the calculation of EOA for the size of the ascending aorta, allowing for the phenomenon of pressure recovery, which may be significant in smaller-size patients [ 19 ].

We recorded the time from sheath insertion until sheath removal and found that this was a borderline significant predisposing factor for RAO in the whole population but not in the PCI subgroup.

35.7%), with an increasing trend with age [ 4 ].

Age: The p -value (0.0000022) indicated a highly significant positive correlation between age and ZFS score.

An increasing trend in publications over recent years was observed. 3.2.