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The percentage of participants with BLLs above the current reference value showed a decreasing trend with the increasing poverty-to-income ratio ( p -value < 0.001), while no association was found across educational levels.

In both non-ACLF and ACLF patients, the levels of ALT, AST, HGB, PLT, and ALB showed a decreasing trend ( P < 0.001) with underlying liver disease, namely, chronic hepatitis (CHAE, type A ACLF), compensated cirrhosis (LC-A, type B ACLF), and decompensated cirrhosis (LC-AD, type C ACLF; Tables 2 and 3 ).

The seven-year PV of Clostridium butyricum , Bacillus mesentericus , and Enterococcus faecalis was 10.9% with a decreasing trend (Z = -4.40, 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 ).

The pH of the fish cakes was 7.09 in the control group and 6.87–7.04 in the garlic-powder groups, demonstrating a decreasing trend with increasing amounts of garlic powder (P < 0.001).

Of note, these failure rates show a decreasing trend year by year in both self-check and cross-check ( χ 2 = 1476.114, P < 0.001, χ 2 = 1098.832, P < 0.001, χ 2 = 86.565, P < 0.001, χ 2 = 50.620, P < 0.001, respectively).

Temporal trends of unintentional injury mortality by age groups In the 0–4 age group, the unintentional injury mortality rate had a decreasing trend in males (AAPC=–4.6%, p<0.001) and females (AAPC=–6.8%, p<0.001).

A decreasing trend in energy intake was observed from T1 to T3 ( p < 0.001).

Each of the study outcomes had a decreasing trend across the study period (ordinary least square P -value <.001).

Results In Brazil, over the 30-year period (1990–2019), leprosy incidence rates showed a decreasing trend, with an average annual percentage change drop of −1.1% per year ( P < 0.001) ( Fig. 1 ).

However, the consumption of refined grains in higher quartiles showed a decreasing trend ( p < 0.001).

In addition, a decreasing trend in age from northern to southern Italy was observed ( p = 0.001).

Correlation of axillary surgery performance rate with continuous variables In the linear regression analysis of continuous variables, the axillary surgery rate in DCIS demonstrated a decreasing trend with year of surgery in BCS (−0.009; R 2 = 0.287; 95% confidence interval [CI], −0.014 – −0.004; p = 0.001), while it exhibited an increasing pattern with a large tumor size (0.017; R 2 = 0.599; 95% CI, 0.007 – 0.028; p = 0.005).

While HDL-C showed a decreasing trend, TC, LDL-C, TG, and DBP significantly raised across the quartiles of all lipid ratios (P-value < 0.001).

A final change occurs in 2016 (p<0.001, Supremum Wald statistic=165.08), followed by a decreasing trend (beta coefficient: −0.66 (95% CI −0.88 to –0.44), p<0.001).

By age group, there was a statistically significant increasing trend in the groups of patients aged 19 years or younger (p<0.001) and 20–29 years (p<0.001), and a decreasing trend in the groups of patients aged 30–39 years (p=0.001), 40–49 years (p<0.001) and 60–69 years (p=0.017).

For the NOVEL group, the condition-independent component showed a decreasing trend over stimulus repetitions (Fig. 6 b top); a linear regression showed that this variance decrease was significant ( t (6) = − 9.774, p < 0.001).

On the other hand, the levels of CRP, IL-6, and IL-8 showed a decreasing trend, which was statistically significant ( p < 0.001).

The mean IL-6 levels at baseline, after 24 and 48 h, were significantly higher in Group 1 compared to the other groups, with a decreasing trend observed in Group 1 ( p = 0.001) and Group 2 ( p = 0.004).

Thereafter, a decreasing trend ( p < 0.001) was noted until the end of the experiment.

However, the umbilical cord serum to maternal serum 25(OH)D ratio showed a decreasing trend with maternal serum levels ( P < .001).

In both groups individually, severity scores showed a decreasing trend, with more fall in scores at 12 weeks than at 24 weeks ( p < .001 for all comparisons on the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test).

Additionally, the c value at ME6.28 showed a decreasing trend compared to other levels of ME ( P < 0.001).

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).

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