In an analysis of 19,788 participants who attended the resurvey, there was a positive trend between BMI change with risk of hospital-reported NAFLD (HR per 5 kg/m 2 2.36 [0.77–7.22], 56 cases), but no significant associations with risks of cirrhosis (0.48 [0.16–1.43], 53 cases), liver cancer (0.61 [0.23–1.64], 73 cases), viral hepatitis (0.71 [0.21–2.33], 56 cases), and other liver diseases (0.87 [0.42–1.80], 130 cases), possibly due to the small numbers of cases.
While the reduction in mortality was not statistically significant, a positive trend was observed in the treated group.
Conclusion The results of this study suggest that tele-rehabilitation interventions have a positive trend toward pain relief and functional improvement in middle-aged and older adult KOA patients, but the current evidence is insufficient to demonstrate significant superiority.
If anything the Health Ministry's Health Management Information System data comparing the last 3 fiscal years’ parameters show a positive trend for KDH [ Table 1 ].
A positive trend, i.e., an increase in the number of donated blood units, is present in only four countries: Croatia, Malta, France, and Latvia, while in other countries a decline in donated blood units ranging from −0.3% to −39.4% is observed.
11 , the overall future trend of OLDI in the Sanjiangyuan region may develop in an adverse direction, with 51.67% of the area showing a positive trend.
(2006) , they report a positive trend toward more prosocial behavior, defined as the number of times the patients initiated an activity or remained engaged with staff, after the MSE intervention, but without a significant result.
A positive trend, however, provides evidence that the SATS is able to discriminate well between successive acuity levels and supports its validity.
The analysis of the dynamic physiological indicators of stress revealed a positive trend.
This effect was only clearly seen at this timepoint and although there was a positive trend for an increase in VSMC lesion content at 12 weeks, this was not significant in either chow or Western diet fed animals.
1 ) show a positive trend, indicating an RSLR at an average rate of ~2mm/year.
Conversely, a positive trend was apparent in the case of deletions, indicating a higher occurrence of deletions among these genes as a collective group in individuals with high DScore ( Figure S2D ).
An inspection of pre- and post-test GMFM-66 percentiles ( Figure 2 ) showed a positive trend, with the largest improvements during the first five periods.
Moreover, in the cohort of patients with PD-L1 tumor proportion score ≥50%, a positive trend regarding PFS was observed, but the result did not reach a statistical significance.
MAT showed a positive trend (0.04°C by year) ( Fig. 3A ), while MAP showed a negative trend (−10.2 mm by year) ( Fig. 3B ).
Uniformity of trend detection for these ratios is especially interesting given a positive trend for increasing genetic diversity was only detected in the mtDNA dataset for razorback sucker.
The data showed a positive trend in social-cultural support restoring across time when families resettled successfully in the village.
A positive trend in evapotranspiration and soil evaporation ( c . 3 mm/decade) and in runoff (0·6 mm/decade) has been noticed during the vegetation period.
The results of the 14 models show a positive trend, but uncertainty still persists and a risk of future wetland loss remains (Fig. 6 ).
In both adjustment models, we found a positive trend between each SNPs effect on HDL with its corresponding effect on AD ( Supplementary Fig. 1C and D ).
Each of these pain diagnoses have limited need for the use of opioids, and the reduction of use over time is a positive trend; however, more significant reductions of opioid use in these clinical circumstances would be appropriate.
( 2016 ) found no signal for a positive trend in extreme one-day precipitation at the southeastern coast of India over 1900–2014.
The literature on communication and care influences shows more moderate changes but still demonstrates a positive trend over time.
A positive trend was observed from 2019 to 2020, where an increase of 13 publications was seen.
In contrast, Mohammadigheisar and Kim (2018) showed significant improvements in BW gain due to the addition of a serine protease, also expressed in Bacillus licheniformis to low CP diets (19.4% CP in starter and 17.5% CP in grower diets) and a positive trend was observed in improving FCR.