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Chi-squared test showed that the majority of discharged patients had a decreasing trend in procalcitonin serum levels, with statistically significant differences from the expired group ( P < 0.001) [ Table 2 ].

Among participants with moderate-to-severe OSAS, glucose increased after sleep onset, whereas glucose of participants without OSAS or with mild OSAS had a decreasing trend during the first stage of sleep ( F = 8.933, p < 0.001) [ 6 ].

With the development of cervical lesions, a decreasing trend in the prevalence of multiple infections was found from LSIL (38.72%) to HSIL (33.49%) to ICC (22.52%) ( p < 0.001; Table 3 ).

Periodontal Severity and COPD Exacerbations Figure 2 shows the association between lung function parameters (post-bronchodilator FEV 1 percent predicted, FVC percent predicted, and FEV 1 /FVC ratio) and periodontitis severity, which showed that an increase in periodontitis severity and lung functions followed a decreasing trend even after adjusting for smoking (in pack-years), which was statistically significant ( p < 0.001).

A decreasing trend in current smoking habits in each quantile of the 1996–2000 year (adjusted OR: 0.82, 95% CI: 0.71–0.93, P = 0.001), 2001–2005 year (adjusted OR: 0.70, 95% CI: 0.62–0.80, P = 0.001), 2006–2010 year (adjusted OR: 0.75, 95% CI: 0.67–0.84, P = 0.001), 2011–2015 year (adjusted OR: 0.48, 95% CI: 0.42–0.54, P = 0.001), 2016–2020 year (adjusted OR: 0.48, 95% CI: 0.43–0.54, P = 0.001), and ≥2021 year (adjusted OR: 0.46, 95% CI: 0.40–0.53, P = 0.001) was observed in comparison to the quantile 1991–1995 year.

According to the Cochran-Armitage trend test, the incidence of psychogenic AEFIs showed a decreasing trend from 2020 to 2023, with statistical significance (Z=-5.427, P < 0.001).

BMI showed a decreasing trend with increasing RDW ( P < 0.001).

Trend by age groups Throughout the entire study period, all age groups showed a decreasing trend in AAIR, in which the steepest decline belonged to the oldest age group, 85 + years (AAPC − 7.7, 95% CI: − 8.5 to − 7.1, p < 0.001), while the lowest rates were calculated for the 40- to 44-year age group (AAPC–− 1.8, 95% CI: − 4.3 to − 0.8, p = 0.188) (Fig. 1 ).

However, in the stability phase, this showed a decreasing trend (−1.19; p<0.001), which did not meet the national standard (≥90%).

The values of all HRV indices showed a decreasing trend with age in healthy Korean adults, as observed in the Western population ( P < 0.001 for all indices); HF ( Y = −0.039x + 6.833, R 2 = 0.287), LF ( Y = −0.047x + 7.197, R 2 = 0.414), VLF ( Y = −0.025x + 6.861, R 2 = 0.177), TP ( Y = −0.034x + 8.082, R 2 = 0.352), HRV-index ( Y = −0.125x + 15.628, R 2 = 0.298), SDNN ( Y = −0.502x + 53.907, R 2 = 0.343), and pNN50 ( Y = −0.650x + 53.852, R 2 = 0.345) all decreased with age.

After matching, adalimumab still realizes a higher rate of clinical response than etanercept to some extent with equivalent safety in rheumatoid arthritis patients adalimumab efficacy etanercept rheumatoid arthritis safety In the matched cohort, the DAS28 ESR also showed a decreasing trend from W0 to W24 in the ADA group ( p < .001) and the ETN group ( p < .001).

The baseline rate indicated that 26.23% (95% CI: 19.94–34.49%, p < 0.001) of eligible youth received at least one HPV vaccine dose in the first quarter with a decreasing trend over time to 18.7% (95% CI: 15.42–21.84) or 0.81 times per quarter (95% CI: 0.72–0.88, p < 0.001), and assuming no effects from any other factors ( Figure 9 a,b).

It shows a decreasing trend in the use of coffee creamer for infants previously described (3.8% in 2009 versus 18% in 2007, p<0.001) which is a real improvement [18] .

The average of anxiety was 3.81 (SD = 4.99) across all three waves, with a decreasing trend from 4.21 (SD = 5.19) in the first wave, to 3.81 (SD = 4.9) in the second wave, to 3.39 (SD = 4.87) in the third wave (p < 0.001).

In the 30 s timepoint analysis, the estimated means of compression depth, rate and number of effective compressions showed a decreasing trend that was not dependent on PPE: comparing the first 30 s with the last 30 s, depth decreased from 55 (54–57) mm to 52 (50–54) mm ( p < 0.001), the rate decreased from 120 (117–122) to 117 (115–120) compressions per minute ( p < 0.001) and the number of effective CCs decreased from 50 (45–56) to 37 (31–44) ( p < 0.001).

The population aged above 79 showed a decreasing trend with an AAPC of −1.36% (95% CI: −1.97 to −0.75; p < 0.001), while the population aged between 60 and 79 showed an overall stable trend (p for AAPC = 0.413) ( Supplementary Table S3 ).

In comparison, the NTR curve remained relatively stable (NTR: β = −0.042, p = 0.898, R 2 = 0.002), while the mesh curve exhibited a decreasing trend (TVM: β = −0.973, p < 0.001, R 2 = 0.94).

The Bonferroni paired test indicated that pain VAS score showed a decreasing trend ( p < 0.001) after 1d, 3ds, 1 W, 2Ws and 4Ws of the treatment, compared to the baseline.

By contrast, the global OH abundance in the SSP370 scenario exhibits a decreasing trend of 0.037‒0.15% yr −1 ( P < 0.001) over 2015‒2100 among these models, together with an increase in tropospheric O 3 of 0.11‒0.17% yr −1 ( P < 0.001) (Supplementary Figs. 3 and 4 ).

Piecewise regression estimates provide no evidence of a time trend between 2000 and 2012 (PRR 1.00, 95% CI 0.99, 1.02; p = 0.99), whereas there was an increasing trend in TB prevalence of DS between 2013 and 2015 (PRR 1.16, 95% CI 1.07, 1.26; p < 0.001) and a decreasing trend between 2016 and 2021 (PRR = 0.94, 95% CI 0.92, 0.97; p < 0.001) ( Fig. 2 , Table 2 ).

In females, a decreasing trend was seen throughout the lifespan, with values reaching up to 76.0% of the initial peak value (p < 0.001).

A decreasing trend in the rate of PAD (2005: 1.9% vs. 2014: 1.4%, P < 0.001) and CLTI (2005: 1.6% vs. 2014: 1.1%, P < 0.001) was noted.

After the policy change, there was a decreasing trend, consistent with the reduction observed in virtual care, with a slope change of –61.8 (95% CI –78.6 to –45; P <.001), corresponding to 25.9 fewer in-person visits per week in period 2 compared to those in period 1 and an overall reduction of 32.1 total visits per week between the two periods.

Considering the significance of the effect of time, pain intensity in the participants showed a decreasing trend in general up to 24 hours after the surgery (P < 0.001).

Local fit shows a decreasing trend (Figure 2E ; Regression analysis: Local fit R 2 = 0.771, p < 0.001).