“an increasing trend”

An increasing trend was observed when both bounds of the 95% CI were positive, while a decreasing trend was observed when both 95% CI were negative.

In conclusion, the cumulative incidence of CPI was about 7% at 7 years after RT for lung cancer and showed an increasing trend during the follow-up period.

In good agreement with the XPS data, the normalized intensity of the N + mass peak shows an increasing trend with increasing chitosan content of the precursor material.

However, ozone (O 3 ) concentrations show an increasing trend (around 2.9 ppbv yr −1 ) in many regions over the period 2013–2019 4 .

5 Prior to 2014, Medicare data indicated an increasing trend for these procedures.

Our review included studies over four decades and it was seen that there was an increasing trend in the prevalence estimates of CTS.

These analytical outcomes suggest an increasing trend in the general population toward screening health risks by themselves, hoping to recognize abnormal conditions to prevent the occurrence and progression of the disease.

From 2002, China attached increased importance to mental health and the number of issued documents generally showed an increasing trend, and the mortality of mental disorders in Chinese residents showed a decreasing trend ( 31 , 93 ).

On the contrary, these effects were reversed in FPS treat group, exhibiting an increasing trend of spleen and thymus indices and number of white blood cells and lymphocytes compared with cyclophosphamide group.

1 shows the mix of energy from renewable sources by resource, with an increasing trend for most of the renewable energy sources.

As the triglycerides level increased, the root mean square error showed an increasing trend in all equations, but it was confirmed that the model 1 was the lowest compared to other equations.

The EAPC for AIS showed an increasing trend during 2000 to 2005 (EAPC AIS : 3.5 [95% CI 0.7 to 6.4]) and 2006 to 2012 (EAPC AIS : 3.0 [95% CI −0.7 to 6.9]), followed by a statistically significant decrease from 2013 to 2019 (EAPC AIS : −8.7 [95% CI −12.3 to −5.1]) (Figure 1B ).

Introduction Due to the increase in world population and continuous industrial and agricultural development, an increasing trend in organic pollutants in water sources has been observed worldwide [ 1 , 2 ].

The estimated coefficients were used to calculate trends via the Annual Percent Change (APC) parameter and respective 95% confidence intervals (CI), calculated based on the following formula: A P C = [ - 1 + 10 b 1 x 100 ; C I 95 % = - 1 + 10 b 1 m i n x 100 ; 1 + 10 b 1 max ] x 100 A positive APC indicates an increasing trend for the time series analyzed, a negative value a decreasing trend, and no statistically significant difference is classified as stationary [ 31 ].

However, the number of periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs), one of the most severe complications after total joint arthroplasty, also shows an increasing trend.

Previous studies have also shown an increasing trend for knee OA in females, which is likely to be due to hormonal factors and anatomical and kinematic differences in females [ 32 ].

Although HDL demonstrated an increasing trend, it was not statistically significant.

The multi-color flow cytometry analysis found that anti-PD-1 treatment increased the ratio of infiltrating CD45 + immune cells and CD8 + T cells in tumors compared with controls from wild-type mice, and there was an increasing trend in the proportion of CD4 + T cells and Treg cells ( Figure 6 C).

When the concentration of Sch B was 40 μmol/L, the DNA damage rate showed an increasing trend.

When describing the direction of temporal trends, “significant increase” or “significant decrease” signified that the trend of the ASRs was statistically significant (p < 0.05, on the basis of the statistical significance of the AAPC or APC compared to zero: changing with a statistically significant AAPC >0, was characterized as an increasing trend, while changing with a statistically significant AAPC <0 was characterized as a decreasing trend [ 16 ].

Though landslide susceptibility mapping research has an increasing trend in Bangladesh it is not following the global trend.

I NTRODUCTION Infertility is defined as not being able to conceive after at least 1 year of unprotected intercourse and without using contraceptive methods.[ 1 ] Having been a global issue, infertility has been taking an increasing trend in recent years in most parts of the world.[ 2 ] According to the latest report of the World Health Organization, globally 15% of couples are infertile.[ 3 ] Being eager to become parents, the couples seek primary treatments for infertility including drug therapy and surgery.[ 4 ] Not getting the desired results, they usually turn to Assisted Reproductive Therapies/Technologies (ART) including the therapies leading to artificial insemination.[ 5 ] Health information-seeking behavior (HISB) represents the purposeful behavior of individuals to obtain facts and satisfy health information needs.

Also, the World Bank's statistics show an increasing trend in the elderly population from 1990 until today, comprising 10% of the world's population [ 10 ].

As the N addition increased, SOC and TN accumulation increased in both rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils, but TP accumulation showed an increasing trend.

Seneca, Chautauqua, Chenango, Warren, Chemung are counties with an increasing trend in premature mortality with slopes from 6·0 to 9·6.