“an increasing trend”

The prospective studies from Uganda especially show an increasing trend of cognitive deficits from 21% at six months to 26% at 24 months [ 5 , 6 ].

An increasing trend is also observed in antenatal care utilization rates starting in 2002.

Globalization of trials is an increasing trend and will continue into the foreseeable future [ 7 ].

The prevalence of T2D is in the range of 2%–10% in industrialized countries, with an increasing trend [ 1 – 3 ].

Doses were increased if serum ferritin levels increased by ≥1000 ng/mL above baseline on two consecutive visits or were >2500 ng/mL (changed to >1000 ng/mL in amendment 4) without a decreasing trend (or >500 ng/mL with an increasing trend, added in amendment 4).

The course falls in line with an increasing trend among medical schools to reintroduce basic science concepts in what have traditionally been the clinical years.

Even in Champagne, where white wine is primarily produced, there is an increasing trend towards rosé champagne and, therefore, an increasing need for quality red wine.

In general, the time to first node death for all distributions shows an increasing trend with the increase of r .

During the induction stage of Msi1 high cells, the mRNA expression of Msi1 showed an increasing trend.

We observed that the mRNA levels of PPARα and the PPARα-regulated genes CPT-1a, ACOX1, LCAD, Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) and UCP3 were elevated or exhibited an increasing trend in the adipose tissue, as well the mRNA expression of PPARα, CPT-1a, ACOX1, LCAD and UCP3 were markedly increased in the skeletal muscle ( Fig. 4A, B ).

Similarly, in analyses of cancer mortality, there was no evidence of any excess risk of death from cancer in older people and no evidence of an increasing trend in the rate ratio for cancer death with increasing age ( Figure 5 and Figure S6 ).

The rate of recording of codes for ‘Other CHD’ showed an increasing trend in men and women from year 2000 and peaked before beginning a declining trend in 2005 that continued to 2010.

The z -ratio was influenced in a balanced fashion by variation in LME temperature and NPP with an increasing trend in z -ratio associated with increasing NPP and declining SST ( Fig. 2b ).

The impact of rapid urbanization, industrialization and lifestyle changes has led to an increasing trend in prevalence of diabetes and its associated complications such as neuropathy, nephropathy, vascular diseases (cardiac, cerebral and peripheral) and retinopathy.

Fasting insulin, fasting C-peptide, HOMA-IR, and AUC of insulin showed an increasing trend in the order of NPDM, PDM, MDM, GPDM, and BPDM while WBISI and DI 120 decreased in the same order [ Figure 1 ].

Over the past two decades, there has been an increasing trend towards miniaturization of both biological and chemical sensors and their integration with miniaturized sample pre-processing and analysis systems.

Discussion According to the Hong Kong Hospital Authority statistical report 2007-2008, there was an increasing trend of skin cancer in Hong Kong [ 15 ].

The results of the ≥65 age group were consistent with those for the all-ages group, with an increasing trend over vapor pressure levels observed for all-cause and cardiorespiratory mortality in the two cities (Figure 3 ).

The decrease of vitamin D was mainly observed up until the subjects had p,p′-DDT of 200 ng/g lipid, above which vitamin D showed an increasing trend with the increase of p,p′-DDT.

From this figure we can see an increasing trend in the number of up-regulated genes as the cancer type becomes more aggressive.

Consumption of medication follows an increasing trend and the recent introduction of novel specific migraine medications and novel prophylactic pharmaceuticals contributes to a considerable need to establish a systematic and updated treatment strategy in Denmark.

There is an increasing trend to replace synthetic antioxidants, which are of safety concern[ 1 2 ], with the natural antioxidants available from plant extracts or isolated products of plant origin.

In recent years, these viruses have shown an increasing trend as causes of HFMD; in particular, CVA6 and CVA 10 have recently emerged as pathogens of HFMD outbreaks in other countries, including Singapore and Finland [ 40 , 41 ] With the exception of ECHO14, the echovirus serotypes identified and the CVB group viruses, including CVB3, CVB4 and CVB5, have been previously associated with cases of HFMD [ 18 , 42 ].

Of 34 patients with Candida endocarditis (13 definite and 21 possible), 7 were OHCA with an increasing trend when compared with those with IHCA candidemia ( Table 2 ).

Additionally, an increasing trend in annual and summer precipitation is evident.