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A decreasing trend of serum 25(OH)D 3 level was accompanied by increased C-IMT tertiles ( P for trend = 0.001).

Fig 2 shows that PPO activity for #4(Fire Phoenix) in the rhizosphere soil had a decreasing trend over the entire cultivation period.

Glutamine is the only amino acid with a decreasing trend, though not significant as a single metabolite.

In all three populations, a non-linear regression curve exhibiting a decreasing trend of LD decay with an increase in the physical distance (kb) was observed.

However, most of the tissues examined in this study showed a decreasing trend at 168 h compared with the earlier time points. 14 C-label concentration in the SOL, GAS and EDL muscles Muscle from obese individuals exhibits alterations in FA metabolism, and these alterations are fiber type-specific [ 1 ].

CC , POD and ETS exhibited an increasing trend over time, but POFD had a decreasing trend during 1998–2012.

Recent data indicate a decreasing trend in the government’s contribution to the health sector.

A decreasing trend was observed in most metabolite levels in KYDS samples compared with that in the controls; this decrease resembles the meaning of “deficiency” in KYDS.

The strength of this effect varied across days; there was a decreasing trend from the day of introduction until day 4, which was followed by peak on day 5.

TN exhibited a decreasing trend between 1900 and 1945, a fluctuating trend between 1945 and 1975, and an increasing trend after 1975.

On the other hand the worms' motor activity was clearly visible and followed a decreasing trend over time as well.

Methods Data were collected between July 2009–January 2010 through in-depth interviews with 22 women from a city in the East Midlands where the prevalence of breastfeeding has showed a decreasing trend.

Over time there was a decreasing trend in the rate and percentage of hospitalizations for asthma.

Mild delay and tone abnormality show a decreasing trend with age, whereas cerebral palsy (CP), visual impairment, speech delay and GDD show an increasing trend.

Furthermore, over the 31 years, annual and growing-season precipitation showed a decreasing trend, though it was not significant (R 2 = 0.024, F = 0.707, P = 0.407 and R 2 = 0.049, F = 1.499, P = 0.231; Fig 1A and 1B ).

For marked individuals the capture ratio is visibly higher in the days immediately subsequent to releasing in the field and has a decreasing trend along with time.

Further subgroup analysis done for the age category 60–69 years, 70–79 years and 80 years and above showed a decreasing trend in mean Barthel score, 99.02, 97.67 and 94.69, respectively and this difference was statistically significant ( P =0.001; df=2).

∆S100β displayed a decreasing trend with age, type of operation, shortening of CPB duration, increasing core temperature, lessening severity of cerebral damage and the application of intervenes.

The National Health Interview Survey of US adults revealed a decreasing trend in CRS from 16% in 1997 to 14% in 2006 and 12% in 2012 ( 14 , 17 , 18 ).

Assuming linear kinetics, the net nitrification activity was estimated as the rate of increase in the soil nitrate concentration, which showed a decreasing trend from ZY to JD to LZ and finally to JX, with ∼11.9, 9.46, 3.03 and 1.43 μg NO 3 − -N g −1 d.w.s. per day, respectively.

Apart from the aforementioned factors, fires showed a decreasing trend with increase in elevation i.e. the highest fire frequencies were found in low elevation (0–100m) areas.

a decreasing trend over time.

Furthermore, a decreasing trend of miR-133a could be found in the clinical TNM stages.

However, we recently reported that the prevalence of diabetes among women between 30 and 59 years of age exhibited a decreasing trend during 2001 to 2010, although the prevalence of diabetes has not changed much over the past decade among Korean adults over 30 years of age [ 15 ].

There was an increase in the plasma viral load, a decreasing trend in the CD4+ T cells, and a greater number of animal deaths in the SFV+/SIV+ group.