“a decreasing trend”

The annual prevalence of CH presented a decreasing trend (from 7.52 to 5.98 per 10,000 births, P < 0.001).

Regarding the effect of surgery, the portal vein diameter was significantly increased in the patients postoperatively compared with preoperatively (P=0.003), while the pulsation and resistance indexes exhibited a decreasing trend in the postoperative group (P=0.001 and P=0.003, respectively).

As expected, LPA‐derived growth rates differed significantly between classes ( P <0.001 for both Early and Extended growth classification) with overall growth rates showing a decreasing trend over time (ie, slowing growth) for both the Growth and Dramatic Growth groups, P <0.001 (Table 2 ).

With the increase in yield, the total Si uptake had an increasing trend (r = 0.773, p < 0.001), and the Si uptake per 100 kg of grains had a decreasing trend (r = 0.800, p < 0.001).

The results showed that the percentage of CHE showed a decreasing trend with increases of income (chi-square test results χ2 = 360.21, P < 0.001).

The repeated measure analysis of variance showed a decreasing trend for pain score during the study (Greenhouse-Geisser time factor F-value=52.685; P<0.001) with equal trends for the three groups (Greenhouse-Geisser interaction factor F-value = 0.994; P=0.43) ( Fig.1 ).

The serum-UA levels of mice in different treatment groups showed a decreasing trend after gavage administration, among which the positive control group and the HPO group showed excellent UA-lowering efficacy (*** p < 0.001); no statistically significant difference was observed in the comparison between the groups ( Figure 5 A).

Results Symptom burden exhibited a decreasing trend at each stage ( F = 36.74, p < 0.001).

For lung cancer, there was evidence of a decreasing trend (P<0.001 for overall trend and P=0.14 for trend after separate adjustment for ever angiotensin receptor blocker use—that is, ignoring the zero use category).

Female admissions showed a decreasing trend from 2000 to 2005 (slope -22.508, 95% CI -30.518 to -14.497, SE 2.885, adjusted R 2 0.923, F 60.861, P = 0.001).

There was a statistically significant increasing trend of total energy ( p for trend < 0.001), and percent of energy from carbohydrates ( p for trend < 0.001), and total sugar intake ( p for trend < 0.001) moving from non-consumers up through the highest level of intake, while there was a decreasing trend in percent energy from total fat and protein ( p < 0.001, Table 3 ).

Of the selected 3 seed regions for the quantitative measurements, the ReHo values of the cuneus showed a decreasing trend from ReHo controls (1.37±0.25) to ReHo non-HE (1.34±0.23) to ReHo MHE (1.08±0.24) ( F = 8.263, P = 0.001).

The DALYs rate for vitamin A deficiency showed a decreasing trend (AAPC = −2.6, 95% CI: −2.7 to −2.6, p < 0.001), while the DALYs rate for dietary iron deficiency also declined (AAPC = −0.5, 95% CI: −0.6 to −0.5, p < 0.001) ( Table 3 ).

Overall, the data indicated a decreasing trend in the reported incidence rate as age increased ( χ 2 trend =−5.202, P < 0.001).

Results 2005–2016, cancer mortality in the elderly in China showed a decreasing trend (AAPC = -1.2%, P <0.001).

MDR-TB showed a decreasing trend (Z = −3.31, p < 0.01) while resistance to any first-line drugs showed an increasing trend (Z = 5.22, p < 0.001), from 1999 to 2013.

The improvement proportion revealed a decreasing trend (Cochran–Armitage Trend Test: Z = −5.277, p < 0.001) in the three subgroups of “almost naïve”, “partly naïve”, and “hardly naive”.

The family poverty income ratio showed a decreasing trend from Q1 to Q4 ( P = .001).

Results A total of 18,712 cases of hepatitis C were reported in Fujian Province from 2015 to 2022, and the annual reported incidence showed a decreasing trend (AAPC =-10.4, P < 0.001).

LVM and LVMI showed a decreasing trend from T1 to T3, with LVM highest in T1 and lowest in T3, and LVMI declining from T1 to T3 (both p < 0.001).

Factors associated with low-dose ARNI The average ARNI dose demonstrated a decreasing trend associated with lower average on-treatment SBP (r = 0.253, p < 0.001); patients with lower SBP received lower ARNI doses ( S1 Fig ).

Prolonged Ayurvedic treatment exhibited a decreasing trend in % COVID-19 positive patients, which is highly significant (p < 0.001).

With increasing BMI, the mean PSA level showed a decreasing trend, with values of 1.69, 1.51, 1.44, 1.35, and 1.28 ng/mL, respectively (p=0.001).

A decreasing trend was also noted for the rate of penetrating keratoplasty since 2008 (P < 0.001 using MARS).

According to segmented regression analysis, there was a decreasing trend in the amount of aminoglycoside and quinolone consumption before the intervention ( p < 0.001 for each antibiotic) ( Table 2 ).