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Although BMD changes in groups A and B were not significant, group A demonstrated an increasing trend for BMD, whereas a decreasing trend was observed for group B.

Quantification of TNF-α concentration in PDAC initiation indicated an increasing trend during PDAC development (Figure 1B ).

An increasing trend of apoptotic cells over time was observed in the wt-fibroblasts.

In addition, the annual combined effects of these factors reveal an increasing trend during the 2005 to 2014 period.

Indian children have shown an increasing trend of obesity[ 1 ] with the overall prevalence of overweight children ranging from 9 to 27.5% and that of obesity ranging from 1 to 12.9%.[ 2 3 4 5 ] Obesity in children appears to increase the risk of subsequent morbidity and lifestyle diseases in adolescence as well as adulthood.[ 6 ] Food related a

There was an increasing trend in TMP-SMX resistance among each group of patients.

The other data sources did not confirm an increasing trend in TB cases, but these data do not include information regarding infectious diseases in irregular migrants and, moreover, those surveillance systems are affected by under- or misreporting [ 28 ].

Although the reported data from the GCC is limited in terms of sample size (most reported papers do not have a nationwide sample size) and geographic coverage (not all countries within the GCC state contribute to the reported data in the literature) it is associated with so far an increasing trend of NTM clinical diversity and severity of infections, with high rate of definitive respiratory diseases.

Introduction Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and its incidence shows an increasing trend globally ( 1 – 3 ).

Although the initial Hb level in the improved anemia group was approximately 9g/dL, an increasing trend in Hb level reflected good response to treatment and resulted in better 10-year survival, compared with the persistent anemia group.

Overall, there was an increasing trend of P16 INK4a hypermethylation rates among LSIL (21.4%), HSIL (30.9%) and CC (35.0%) specimens.

Rikenellaceae and Ruminococcaceae showed an increasing trend during the CRC process while the opposite pattern was observed for Prevotellaceae and Enterobacteriaceae .

Furthermore, although the astrocyte density did not significantly change in the amygdala, there was an increasing trend.

Utilization of the plant extracts as an alternative to chemical or synthetic antimicrobials and antioxidants to control the foodborne diseases, inhibiting lipid oxidation and thus extending the shelf life and quality of food products is an increasing trend in the food industry [ 14 ].

Results indicated an increasing trend in drought severity and frequency.

The μ r ′′ values show an increasing trend from −1.90 to −3.2 at 2 GHz with an increase in annealing temperature from 650 °C to 1250 °C.

4b , we observed an increasing trend of the index's within-household variability in terms of standard deviation (median [IQR]) from no-mild (2.2 [1.2, 2.8]), moderate (3.4 [2.5, 4.4]) to the severe HFI group (4.8 [3.6, 5.1]).

Moreover, the mean CIMT values and rates of plaque deposition showed an increasing trend with age in both men and women (p for trend < 0.001 in both genders for both CIMT and plaque).

Despite considerable year-to-year variation, we have seen an increasing trend in the number of case studies published annually in the JMLA over the last decade ( Figure 2 ), which underlines our commitment to advancing both the theory and practice of health sciences librarianship.

An adjusted trend in the Odds Ratio (OR) was conducted to determine whether there was an increasing trend in the odds of having a CS as a participant’s age and education level increased by using the “tabodds” function in Stata [Stata Corporation, College Station, TX].

The prevalence of pterygium showed an increasing trend with the increase of age in both men and women.

Our study might, however, shed some light on why there seems to be an increasing trend toward assigning individual responsibility an explicit role in public policy.

The values of the Theil index for the GDP show that the disparity in the GDP exhibited an increasing trend from 0.6252 in the 1980s to 0.6451 in 1995 and 0.6707 in 2000, and the situation improved in 2010 with a value of 0.5005, this variation trend is consistent with the findings of Cv of GDP.

Results An increasing trend in breast cancer mortality among Korean women between 1983 and 2012 was due to the increased mortality of the lower education groups (i.e., no formal education or primary education and secondary education groups), not the highest education group.

Interestingly, the signals of SNA staining showed an increasing trend with development of DN ( Figure 4(b) ).