“a strong tendency towards statistical significance”

Particularly in the multivariate analysis for OS, MGMT status had a strong tendency towards statistical significance, suggesting its role as an independent prognostic indicator, as shown in other studies [ 10 , 15 ].

Discussion Previously, we found that rs733618 of CTLA4 was significantly associated with GO and rs16840252 had a strong tendency towards statistical significance based on the data from 22 GO cases and 20 healthy controls [ 20 ].

Although this result was not significant, it showed a strong tendency towards statistical significance.