“a decreasing trend”

The Cochran-Armitage trend test showed an overall increasing trend in the prevalence of DPN, DPVD, hypertension, DN, CI, lithiasis, DR, DF, and anemia with increasing age ( P < 0.05), while there was a decreasing trend in the prevalence of FL ( P < 0.05).

Terrestrial water storage change (TWSC) showed a decreasing trend from 2019 to 2023 ( R 2 = 0.3636*, P < 0.05), which suggested that future expansion of the terrestrial water storage (TWS) deficit may occur.

A decreasing trend in fungal population was observed at all sites at T8 compared to T0, significantly for the G site ( p < 0.05) ( Figure 4 C).

Changes of Negative Emotions at Different Time Points The two negative mood indicators of the subjects showed a decreasing trend, and the decrease was greater in the nutritional supplement group, with statistical differences ( P < 0.05) (see Table 3 and Figure 2 . 3.4.

As disease severity increased, history of hypertension, eGFR, and HDL-C presented a decreasing trend ( P < 0.05), but TG, RC, platelets, and PHR showed an increasing trend ( P < 0.05).

After 10-months of CMT treatment, the Tinnitus Loudness Visual Analogue Scale (THI), Hospital Anxiety Scale (HADS-A) and Tinnitus Loudness Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores of the three groups showed a decreasing trend ( p < 0.05), and the treatment efficacy rate of the tinnitus disappeared group was higher than that of the tinnitus relieved group, while the treatment efficacy rate of the tinnitus relieved group was higher than that of the tinnitus unchanged group.

The beneficial effect of dietary SSPP has been observed in heat-exposed birds, as the expression of HSP-related genes showed a decreasing trend ( P > 0.05) in comparison to non-SSPP-supplemented diets.

Except for 1998 and 2001, when the monthly drinking rate was an outlier, for men, there was a fluctuation in the range of 21–29%, showing a decreasing trend overall (p<0.05).

The prevalence and absolute incidence of EP showed a decreasing trend during the pandemic for the NRCITD and non-NRCITD patients ( p < 0.05).

During the 3-year period, the resistance rate to piperacillin-tazobactam initially declined but then increased ( p < 0.05), while resistance to ceftazidime-avibactam, aztreonam, imipenem, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and amikacin showed a decreasing trend ( p < 0.05).

The study found that after 6 months of exercise intervention, the L1-L5 segments BMD exhibited a decreasing trend, but the results of paired sample t -test showed that the decrease in BMD of each segment was not significant ( p > 0.05).

Analysis revealed a significant decrease in urine culture orders (1.1% decrease/month, p< 0.05), a decreasing trend of antibiotic use with UTI indications (Figure 3, 2.8% decrease/month, p< 0.05), but no significant change in CAUTI rates (Figure 4).

In contrast, Bls maintained a consistent PDI around 0.17–0.18 ( p > 0.05), and G-Bls demonstrated a decreasing trend from 0.33 to 0.29 ( p > 0.05) and 0.22 ( p < 0.05), indicating improved uniformity with increasing mannitol content.

The results of Meta-analysis showed that GPX1 expression was significantly increased in the OA group than that in the healthy controls (95% CI=0.01–1.43, P ≤0.05) ( Figure 6A ). Similarly, the selected datasets including GPX2 expression were heterogeneous (I 2 =79%, P <0.05), and the random effects model was used for Meta-analysis, which showed a decreasing trend of GPX2 expression in the OA group compared with the control group (95% CI=−1.48–0.02, P >0.05) ( Figure 6B ).

A decreasing trend of non-conformities during the years was also highlighted ( p -value < 0.05), especially for environmental samples.

In addition, the abdominal fat percentage of broilers in the 3% MLP group was sharply decreased by 29.68% ( p < 0.05), and the abdominal fat percentage of broilers in other treatment groups had a decreasing trend (0.1 < p < 0.05) compared to the control group.

The levels of Klebsiella bacteria were higher in males than in females and showed an initial increasing trend and then a decreasing trend with the aggravation of the HT level, especially in the HT2A group, where HT2AF was significantly down-regulated ( p ≤ 0.05).

In our study, with the increase of TIR, the prevalence rate of diabetic retinopathy, ACR, HbA1C(%), SD, MODD, MAGE, MBG, ADDR, M value, and CV showed a decreasing trend (P < 0.05) in type 2 diabetes patients, which was consistent with previous studies.

Compared to the CN group, the Chao1, ACE, Shannon, and Simpson indices in the CP group exhibited a decreasing trend ( P > 0.05, Figure 3B ).

We also observed a decreasing trend in RSV-A/B cases after the implementation of the national lockdown in week 10 of 2020 (3.14% vs 0.89%, p < 0.05) ( Figure 1(a) ).

As the cooking time increased, the L * value initially increased and then decreased, the a * value showed a decreasing trend, and the b * value changed in a more complicated way; it rose, then reduced, and then increased ( p < 0.05).

As the dietary protein content increased gradually, the FBW, specific growth rate (SGR), and feed efficiency (FE) all exhibited an increasing first and then a decreasing trend in the quadratic model ( p < 0.05, R 2 = 0.541, 0.545, and 0.642), all of which showed the highest values in the CPC4 group.

Compared with before ketosis control, the urinary levels of ketones, TF, and IgG decreased significantly after control (all P < 0.05) ( Table 2 and Figure 1(f) ); there was a decreasing trend in the ACR ( P > 0.05) ( Figure 1(e) ).

Alpha and beta diversity analysis of the flue-cured tobacco rhizosphere microbiota at different transplantation stages Figure 2A shows that the alpha diversity index of the rhizosphere microbiota of flue-cured tobacco showed a decreasing trend with the increase in transplanting time ( p < 0.05 or p < 0.01 or p < 0.001), indicating that the diversity and richness of the rhizosphere microbiota decreased gradually with the increase in transplanting time.

The rate of EBRT alone showed a decreasing trend (100% to 0%) from 2000 to 2005 and then slowly raised to a level of about 25% from 2005 to 2015 ( p > 0.05).