“a slightly increasing trend”

In the domains of “Care” and “Communication”, Phase 3 showed only a slightly increasing trend that was significantly lower in Phase 3 compared with Phase 1 (change in slope −0.05 with p = 0006, and −0.03 with p = 0.027, respectively).

Total SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody levels first increased after vaccination with the third dose ( P < 0.001; paired Wilcoxon test; Figure 2 A) and then were stable with a slightly increasing trend during the 12-mo follow-up ( P < 0.001; Figure 2 A).

In the younger group with T1D aged 14–17 years, the proportion of smokers was 6.4% in 2016 and 8.3% in 2023 after adjusting for sex, migration background, diabetes duration and taking repeated measurements into account, with a slightly increasing trend (relative increase: 2.86%, CI 1.21–4.55 per year, p < 0.001).

Regarding psychological distress, there was a slightly increasing trend in K6 scores across the COVID‐19 survey waves, with a small effect size, F (1.97, 2537.12) = 16.47, p < 0.01, η 2 = 0.003.

Overall analysis of all-cause cirrhosis-related mortality Before the pandemic, prior to 4/2020, there was a slightly increasing trend in cirrhosis-related mortality per 100,000 persons overall at a semiannual percentage change (SAPC) of 0.54% (95% CI 0.0–1.0%, p =0.036), with seasonal variation ( Fig. 1A, B and Table 2 ).

pylori -related PUD exhibited a decreasing trend after 2014 ( P = 0.01 for trend), and drug-related PUD showed a slightly increasing trend in the past 10 years ( P = 0.04 for trend).

The dust-induced RF in SSP126 shows a slightly increasing trend ( p < 0.05 from the MK test) that switches to a slightly decreasing trend ( p < 0.05 from the MK test) if future dust deposition remains at the historical value (Fig.

Following the 2021 IRS campaign, a slightly increasing trend was observed in both districts, although it was not significant and there was no significant difference between IRS and control districts (P > 0.05).

Within the KC area of pathology, averaged densitometry subgroup analysis showed a slightly increasing trend in NGSU densitometry scattering in successively more severe KC stages; however, no significance was noticed among KC stages p > 0.05.

Biological indices showed a slightly increasing trend for the CF of starry flounder fed at different feeding rates, although there were no significant differences across feeding rates of 0.8–3.2% BW/d ( p > 0.05).

However, there was a slightly increasing trend (0.036 [95% confidence interval, −0.002, 0.074] increase per month, P = 0.066).

Furthermore, anal cancer highlighted a Joinpoint with a decreasing trend from 2008 to 2014 (APC = −3.7%, 95% CI = −4.7, −2.8; p < 0.001) and a slightly increasing trend in the period 2014–2018 (APC = 1.3% 95% CI = −0.6, 3.3; p = 0.136).

The good-BGRI group showed a slightly increasing trend both in Ace index ( p = 0.6978, Figure 1 A) and Shannon index ( p = 0.6031, Figure 1 B) in comparison with the poor-BGRI group.

In addition, the station mean of JJA mean precipitation exhibited a slightly increasing trend of 0.65 mm/day over 50-year period, but it was not statistically significant.

Prevalence of Anemia among Pregnant Women The prevalence of anemia of all degrees was presented in a slightly increasing trend by gestational age shown in Figure 3 .

A slightly increasing trend in cells treated with Nitrodi’s water (5.4 ± 1.15 μg/mL) was recorded in collagen deposition compared to control (3.7 ± 1.35 μg/mL).

Despite this, a slightly increasing trend of the average impedance from 4 h to 24 h was revealed, indicating an enhancement of corrosion barrier properties with evolution over time.

Regarding the enzymatic treatment of the samples, ZEN and α-ZEL are not showing any significant change during the applied process in none of the two matrices, although a slightly increasing trend can be observed.

The RMS roughness of the annealed AZO presents a slightly increasing trend compared to the as-deposited one, reflecting the increased average grain size which was also observed through XRD analysis. 3.4.

However, a slightly increasing trend was observed in SFI values for each group from the third week onward.

Introduction In 2021, the world production of poultry meat confirmed a slightly increasing trend, recording a +1.1% increase and reaching 135 million tonnes, thanks to the driving force of countries such as Brazil, China, India, Pakistan, and Mexico, partially offset by slight decreases in the European Union and Indonesia [ 1 ].

Despite the ongoing enhancement of perinatal care in Poland, in recent years we have observed a slightly increasing trend of preterm births.

Impact of Loading Rate As shown in Figure 5 a–d, with the increase of loading rate, B 1 (calculated using Formula (1)) and B 2 (calculated using Formula (2)) show a slightly increasing trend, and the values of B 1 and B 2 of coal and marble are larger than that of the other two rocks under load and displacement control modes.

Moreover, in the liver samples that they investigated, only a slightly increasing trend for LPE/PE ratios at 2 h was revealed [ 16 ], whereas we could detect a clear increase of approx. 75% relative change, which also appeared significant after hypothesis testing.

A slightly increasing trend in the consumption of permethrin 5% cream in Galicia throughout the study period can be seen in Figure 3 .