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Among current statin users and recent statin users (those with a last prescription < 12 months before index date), there was strong evidence for an increasing trend in the risk of HZ as statin dosage increased ( P trend < 0·001 in both instances).

The dry matter of maize showed an increasing trend of SM>RI>SI3>SI2>SI1, and in SI1 it was significantly less than in other treatments.

An increasing trend is reported, which is enhanced during the colder seasons.

The incidence of young lung cancer in the SEER database showed a decreasing trend during the period 1978 to 2010, but an increasing trend was found in other reports.

After 6 h, cells infected with rAd5pz-zTRAIL-RFP, but not with rAd5-zTRAIL-RFP, showed an increasing trend towards the late apoptosis stage (upper right quadrant on the plot) (Figure 2F ).

KVPA exhibited a decreasing trend, whereas mMDFA exhibited an increasing trend with the increase in the classified angle, from type 45° to 90°, sequentially (Table 4 ).

Other Asian developing countries, such as China and India, also reported an increasing trend of childhood obesity, from 6.4% in 1991 to 7.7% in 1997 and 4.9% in 2003 to 6.6% in 2005, respectively [ 26 ].

Asian countries are also showing an increasing trend of overweight and obesity [ 32 ].

The HADS-D scores remained stable in the ICG compared with an increasing trend in the UCG.

Results: An increasing trend in difference between the pulmonary arterial pO 2 and left atrial pO 2 , an increasing pattern in dynamic lung compliance, and a decreasing trend in the pulmonary vascular resistance, were observed.

The number of holes in each stage in control village showed an increasing trend comparing to the intervention areas.

There is an increasing trend in the number of HF patients living with LVADs and an increasing use of LVAD as destination therapy for advanced HF patients.

In SW there was an increasing trend between 6 and 24 h, followed by a decrease at the 72 h time-point.

Hepcidin levels followed an increasing trend through stages 3–5 which was significant.

13 Extensification of pasture-based systems, decreased routine contact between handlers and non-lactating cows, an increase in calf contact post partum (to comply with EU ear-tagging regulations) and an increase, by the public, in recreational use of agricultural land were suggested as factors intensifying injury risk, with authors concluding an increasing trend in cattle maternal defensiveness and associated risk to handlers and public safety. 13 Fear of dogs A study of vigilance to measure fear in dairy cattle concluded that dogs were even more threatening than unfamiliar humans, resembling potential predators, and cattle were exceptionally vigilant in novel locations. 14 Media One thousand records were identified, 100 of which were relevant.

There was an increasing trend in albedo for the first two-thirds of the snow-free period for the tundra sites, followed by a decrease towards the onset of the snow cover in autumn.

The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) and a number of national human genetics societies have now begun to undertake this. The interviews reflect an increasing trend from research to service development, but also a strong tradition of combining the two, and in particular to make maximal use of the research opportunities provided by patients often seen primarily for service reasons.

There was an increasing trend for the prevalence of euthyroid sick syndrome with the decrease of the ACR ( Table 3 ).

The mean ratio of type IV collagen content in muscle after tenotomy to the control value exhibited an increasing trend, although it was not statistically significant ( p = 0.106; Table 1 , Fig. 1 ).

In summer (( Figure 2 , B), we observed an increasing trend in the number of events and low daily fluctuation in the beginning of the period.

pmc-status-qastatus 0 pmc-status-live yes pmc-status-embargo no pmc-status-released yes pmc-prop-open-access yes pmc-prop-olf no pmc-prop-manuscript no pmc-prop-legally-suppressed no pmc-prop-has-pdf yes pmc-prop-has-supplement no pmc-prop-pdf-only no pmc-prop-suppress-copyright no pmc-prop-is-real-version no pmc-prop-is-scanned-article no pmc-prop-preprint no pmc-prop-in-epmc yes pmc-license-ref CC BY-NC-SA INTRODUCTION End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a worldwide problem and has an increasing trend in developing country like India, with a crude estimate of ESRD incidence of 151–232 per million population.

Picture naming shows a steady increase in latencies across positions; errors also show an increasing trend or no effect.

Next, the participants were divided into 7 groups according to VFA at 20-cm 2 increments, and an increasing trend in serum LCN2 levels was found to accompany an increase in VFA (median for each group: 32.50, 37.80, 37.70, 39.11, 45.00, 44.20, and 41.75 ng/mL; P for trend <0.001; Fig. 3 ). 3.3 Multivariate analyses for detecting variables that contribute to serum LCN2 levels Partial correlation analysis adjusted for age was conducted to detect the relationship between serum LCN2 levels and anthropometric indices of obesity and other laboratory parameters.

As such, there is an increasing trend in the prevalence of NCDs among this population. 3 In addition, there is limited literature on research conducted in informal settlements that relate to NCDs in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Gastric cardia cancer had an increasing trend from 1988 (6.88/100,000) to 2013 (26.56/100,000).