“a decreasing trend”

Considering the evidence of a decreasing trend of breast density with age and a linear trajectory for the longitudinal latent breast density of woman i (14) y i ∗ ( t ) ∣ m it = m it + ε it = ( β 0 + b i 0 ) + ( β 1 + b i 1 ) t + ε it , where ( β 0 , β 1 ) T and ( b i 0 , b i 1 ) T are the fixed (population) and random effects (individual) for the intercept and the slope term, respectively, and ε i t the error term.

Crowding is a major issue for Italian EDs, even if a decreasing trend over the last 5 years has been observed.

Predictive maps suggest a decreasing trend in the abundance of Yellowfin tuna between 1993 and 2013, but such trend showed no correlation with the ENSO events ( Fig 3 ).

A decreasing trend in the proportion of variation due to unique environmental factors (E) across birth-year cohorts was observed only for the four earliest birth cohorts, and was more noticeable in Europe and in women.

Zn The concentration of Zn in the leachates shows a decreasing trend within the first 144 days.

Maternal and infant mortality were also higher compared with all-Russian data, but had a decreasing trend.

Results from the three population health surveys demonstrated a decreasing trend for PCBs and pesticide levels in blood ( 54 ).

Also, regarding trend of the changes in the RMS, this ability score was gradually increased in PRP group within 6 months follow-up time, but this trend had an inconsistent trend with an increasing pattern within first 3 months after steroid injection, but with a decreasing trend 3 months after that [ Figure 4 ].

The analytic result in this paper, which showed that a decreasing trend was obtained from 2006 to 2015, also indicated that the epidemic trend of HFRS in China was under control, and the prevention and control had attained certain achievements.

The value of the Hurst Exponent H ranges between 0 and 1, and 0.5 < H < 1 indicates persistent dynamics in the time series (if the value is increasing at a given time point, it is more likely that the value will continue to increase in the following time points, and similarly for a decreasing trend) whereas 0 < H < 0.5 indicates antipersistent dynamics (if the value is increasing at a given time point, it is more likely that the value will decrease in the following time points, and vice versa) and H = 0.5 indicates a purely random time series [ 34 ].

The RNA-seq results suggested a decreasing trend of auxin response at the transcription level.

Cluster 1 has a decreasing trend of gene expression, with enriched pathways in signal transduction and immune response.

N and P contents of soybean plants had a decreasing trend, whereas those of maize plants showed an increasing trend from monoculture to intercropping.

Correlation between ADC or FA and fibrotic stages in the BA group The ADC values showed a decreasing trend, whereas the FA values showed an increasing trend with increasing fibrotic stage (F0-F4).

Circulating CD19 + B cells were reduced significantly from the baseline value to the 24-month value (P < 0.01); data about anti-phospholipase A 2 receptor antibodies were available in 14 patients, 10 of which experienced a decreasing trend after treatment.

The sleep time exhibited a decreasing trend during REM and it decreased significantly in the Mongolian warm acupuncture group ( P < 0.01).

A decreasing trend of glycemic control along with the increasing follow-up years was observed again.

However, among women aged ≥30 years, there was a decreasing trend with an annual per cent change of −3.8% (95% CI −7.2% to −0.3%) until 2005 and an annual per cent change of −38.0% (95% CI −48.7% to −25.2%) since 2005.

With an increase in Re C number to 98, a decreasing trend can be seen in the focusing width.

The incidence of AEs in the TPO-RA-treated groups was similar to that in the placebo groups, and there was a decreasing trend in the incidence of severe AEs in ITP patients receiving TPO-RAs compared with control subjects.

The magnetostatic interaction strength essential in the array of wires can be manipulated by varying the distance between the wires, showing a decreasing trend in SLP with increasing wire separation.

Similar observations were observed in the South Pacific Ocean, where alpha and beta atresia occurred in ovaries of albacore mostly during or right after the spawning season, following which they showed a decreasing trend [ 30 ].

In accordance with ACC/AHA classification of coronary heart disease, our statistical analysis showed a decreasing trend of A lesions, and an increasing trend of C lesions.

This magnitude has a decreasing trend with time, asymptotically approaching a value which is taken to be close to J c 0 .

26 ) did not fast, the curves of TG regarding age had a slightly increasing trend after the age of 10 in boys but a decreasing trend in girls.