“a favorable trend”

The analysis of gastric cancer-specific mortality, which included five trials of high methodological quality, showed a favorable trend but did not reach statistical significance (RR = 0.84; 95% CI: 0.62-1.12).

reported that a eucaloric ketogenic diet was associated with reduced mortality, fewer ICU admissions, and a favorable trend toward lower IL-6 levels [ 75 ].

A comprehensive patient-level meta-analysis of three randomized controlled trials demonstrated that lenalidomide maintenance therapy following auto-HSCT in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma not only significantly prolonged progression-free survival but also conferred a clinically meaningful overall survival benefit, reducing the risk of death by 25% compared to placebo or observation, with a favorable trend also observed in earlier analyses ( 30 ).

Consistent with previous studies, 13 , 23 our data also confirm that ERAS does not impose additional burdens on liver reserve function - critical for hepatectomy patients, especially those with underlying liver diseases - supported by stable PALBI grade distributions and a favorable trend toward improved liver function.

QLQ-C30 and QLQ-STO22 scores showed a favorable trend in trastuzumab plus chemotherapy compared to chemotherapy alone.

The insulin response also followed a favorable trend: tacos with greater RS content elicited significantly lower insulin AUCs compared to their low-RS counterparts.

Only one small RCT in colorectal cancer collected data on the 3-year recurrence rate and revealed a favorable trend toward reduced cancer recurrence in patients receiving β-blockers[ 44 ].

Specifically, “Errors or inaccurate information” were low across configurations (mean>3.88), with a favorable trend toward the simulated-agents GPT, particularly in the “vignette” (mean 4.75, SD 0.46) and the “checklist” (mean 4.88, SD 0.35) components. “Missing information” was rare in the simulated-agents GPT (mean≥4.19 across all sections), but more common in the personalized GPT, especially in the “script” (

4 Additionally, this meta‐analysis showed a favorable trend for COX‐2 inhibitors over NSAIDs and PPIs in reducing GI complications in the lower gut. 4 These results suggest that PPIs may not prevent mucosal damage in the mid‐ and lower gut.

Our survival analysis revealed a consistency in short-term (in-hospital) mortality across both periods, while demonstrating a favorable trend toward lower one-year mortality in recent years, with multivariable Cox regression confirming that admission during the late period was independently associated with improved survival.

A favorable trend in PFS was observed for all participants.

Although this subset of patients was diagnosed with dysplasia on x-ray, they showed a favorable trend of cartilage development.

Although not statistically significant, CTD‐PH patients showed a favorable trend with high‐risk patients decreasing from 20% to 10%.

With longer follow-up, the DFS advantage in favor of the addition of oxaliplatin remained, and a favorable trend appears to be emerging for OS.

Although no significant differences were observed in PFS or OS, the bevacizumab group showed a favorable trend.

In a direct comparison between coronary MRA and CTA no significant difference was shown for the detection of coronary artery stenosis between 3 T MR and 64-slice CTA, although CTA showed a favorable trend toward higher diagnostic performance [ 38 ••].

In that study, the 3-year PFS rate was 66.3% in the group that received DOS therapy and 60.2% in the group that received surgery plus postoperative S-1 therapy, indicating a favorable trend for the preoperative group [ 9 ].

Respiratory parameters showed a favorable trend during CytoSorb therapy.

Our findings contribute to this body of evidence, emphasizing that patients can achieve meaningful reductions in opioid use over time—highlighting a favorable trend in opioid stewardship and post-operative pain management strategies.

For the first time, we confirmed how G-Rh2 changed the biometabolic behavior of tumors by regulating PDK4, leading to a favorable trend towards normal apoptotic programming.

Owing to an insufficient sample size, although chemotherapy could not be observed as an independent prognostic factor for patients with HR−HER2− subtype small-tumor with lymph node metastasis; chemotherapy showed a favorable trend for this population.

This finding suggests a favorable trend in general cognitive abilities, often considered an indicator of the overall neuropsychological status of the patient.

In conclusion, the current nationwide study showed that although the prevalence of high TC and LDL-C have a favorable trend, the prevalence remained high in the case of low HDL-C and aggravated in the case of high TG.

Conclusion: Passive smoking was responsible for 1.4% of all deaths in Brazil during the period 2009-2021 and showed a favorable trend, with rates decreasing by half during the period.

This indicates that the vegetation growth shows a favorable trend. 3.