“an increasing trend”

Although such an increasing trend can be partially explained by the enhanced detection of early-stage tumors by the use of thyroid ultrasound and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology examination, these cannot explain the increasing rates preceding the widespread use of the ultrasound and the increased incidence of large (>5 cm) papillary thyroid cancer [5] .

38 39 We found an increasing trend in insulin and metformin and a decreasing trend in sulphonylureas between 2002 and 2006.

32 This latter observation is probably the reason why there is an increasing trend for patients falling into the mixed category with similar characteristics and SADD.

Similarly, we found that the number of cases presented to our hospital showed an increasing trend.

In recent years there has been an increasing trend in low–middle-income countries to implement contact investigation in some form but considerable heterogeneity in the practice of it [ 12 ].

The UPC ratio was the only urine test that showed an increasing trend.

pneumoniae was higher at 96.4%, and most of the isolates had high MICs (>256 μg/mL), which indicated an increasing trend of pneumococcal erythromycin resistance in the hinterlands of China.

Combination of BIRB-796 and budesonide Combination therapy is an increasing trend within the respiratory area, in an attempt to increase the therapeutic efficacy of medications.

Factors not associated with an increasing trend in postpartum hemorrhage (such as gestational age <28 weeks) typically had a low frequency and such findings are not inconsistent with an across-the-board increase in postpartum hemorrhage.

Although food-specific IgG concentrations for the other 12 foods showed an increasing trend with age, the concentrations of egg-specific IgG and cow’s milk-specific IgG were significantly higher in the 18–34 years age group than in the 35–44, 45–54 and 55–64 years age groups ( Figure S4 ).

Around week 25 the highest occurrence of NE has been reached and LB cases show an increasing trend that reaches a maximum around week 35.

There was an increasing trend in association with the increase of arsenic exposure levels in drinking water ( P for trend <0.01).

In USA, pertussis is a notifiable disease; data collected in the period 1990–2010, showed that the incidence (per 100,000 inhabitants) had a peak in 2004 and that there has been an increasing trend since 2007, which has now surpassed peak rates observed during 2004–2005.

For both groups, pO 2 change percentages showed a decreasing trend over time during MCAO and an increasing trend over time during reperfusion.

One possible explanation for this is that, since observing conditions coincidentally worsened with each survey, there was an increasing trend in the number of sighted groups that could not be identified to genus.

Its incidence has recently been showing an increasing trend due to changes in dietary habit and lifestyle [ 1 ].

Conclusion: The study indicates an increasing trend toward clinical usage of newer AEDs, increasing trend of poly-therapy with significant escalations in the cost of therapy.

What we do know from SAVY2 is that there is an increasing trend for youths to have had ridden a motorcycle after drinking.

There was an increasing trend over time for patients with dementia to be seen by a specialist, that is, psychiatrists, geriatricians or neurologists, from 25.5% in 1995 to 64.7% in 2011.

In Finland, the raccoon dog is considered an alien species and its population size has showed an increasing trend [ 3 ].

The average urine BPA concentrations and daily intake estimates were similar for boys and girls, but significantly higher in older children than younger ones, and showed an increasing trend with BMI.

Discussion Vaginal dehiscence following total hysterectomy has been reported rarely, with an increasing trend recently as the number of laparoscopic robotic hysterectomies increases [ 1 , 2 ].

An increasing trend from morning to evening with highest expression levels of fusion protein at 6 PM was observed ( Figure 4D ).

Improvements in internal CIMT were also associated with decreasing trends in VCAM-1 and MCP-1 and an increasing trend in PAI-1 activity, consistent with decreased inflammation and atherogenesis.

The use of NDAs is an increasing trend in Canada.