“an increasing trend”

In this study, the STOP-Bang questionnaire showed an increasing trend with the aggravation of OSA, the comparison between the normal group and mild, moderate and severe OSA groups was statistically significant, and differences among OSA groups were also statistically significant.

Some studies have investigated the potential of estrogens administered following puberty suppression, to restore bone mineralization Although an increasing trend in aBMD or BMAD Z-scores after the first 2–3 years of estrogen therapy has been observed, the increase is not always significant and Z-scores (for the sex assigned at birth) often remain below baseline values ( 57 , 61 , 62 ).

Therefore, with the increase of hCG in early pregnancy, free thyroxine (FT4) also shows an increasing trend.

Nevertheless, we observed an increasing trend in converters (+0.5%) while the nonconverter group has a FEV 1 trend of −4.2% posttreatment with ALIS ( Table 5 ).

There is an increasing trend of studies focused on miRNAs because of their functional effect on polarization of CD4 + T cells.

Although there has been an increasing trend of diabetes in Tehran [ 13 ], few epidemiological studies have described its prevalence in Tehran.

34 Epidemiological data available in Western countries show an increasing trend of excess body weight among men than women. 35 One possible explanation for these results is the fact that men, in many cases, show little interest in their physical appearance and body weight compared to women; in addition, they have little basic knowledge about healthy eating and nutrition. 36 In the current study, we found that women reported a higher level of nutritional knowledge than men.

Overall, there was an increasing trend in the publication of literature on postoperative pain in children ( Figure 2A ).

A trend of the decreasing electrophilicity index was observed in the case of C 12 –B 6 N 6 and C 12 –Al 6 N 6 (except for the S 1 state) nanocages, while an increasing trend of electrophilicity index was observed in the case of B 6 N 6 –Al 6 N 6 (except for the S 2 state) nanocage.

We derived the average fluorescence lifetime (τ avg ) and ORR of IFNγ-M1 and IL-4-M2 macrophages from the full FoV of 2P-FLIM data and observed an increasing trend of τ avg in response to the application metabolic enzymatic inhibitors.

Reducing nocte levels in muscles showed an increasing trend of ISNb pathfinding compared to controls but they were not statistically significant ( Mef2 > nocte-RNAi = 8.0%, n = 125, p = 0.079; Fig. 7 A-B, D).

The results further show that in CHPS, an increasing trend in HB36 tests during the capitation policy was reversed after the discontinuation of the policy (− 7.01).

More than 90% of VPIs were given antenatal steroids in SZH, but less than 75% of VPIs in QHH received them, although we observed an increasing trend in the use of antenatal steroids in QHH as GA increased.

In addition, new HIV infection is maintaining an increasing trend in Bangladesh; there were an estimated 1000, 1400, and 1600 new infection cases in 2010, 2015, and 2018, respectively [ 18 ].

Additionally, there was an increasing trend in mortality rates from drug poisoning between 1994 and 2010, in all regions and demographic groups in the USA, with accidental poisoning being the main cause (71%) 7 .

Hyoid Characteristics Related to Bolus Volume Accommodation As shown in Figure 5 , as the swallowing volume increases, there was a decreasing trend in the duration of the hyoid slight motion phase (T1–T2) and an increasing trend in the durations of the hyoid elevation phase (T2–T4), hyoid stabilization phase (T4–T5), and hyoid active phase (T2–T5).

From Table 6 , the results shown that h2,h3 showed an increasing trend with pregnancy, while the t2,t3,t,Ad showed the opposite trend.

As far as the storage period was concerned, an increasing trend was observed for TSS for the storage period.

Lactobacillus genus showed an increasing trend in a dose-dependent manner, although the differences were not statistically significant ( Fig. 4D ).

There is an increasing trend to study how machine learning (ML) tools can be used to augment medical professionals’ decisions concerning diagnosis, treatment safety, and quality of patient care 4 – 10 .

22 analyzed the changes in the spatial and temporal patterns of heavy rainfall in different urbanized regions of China and found that the interannual and interdecadal heavy rainfall amounts, days of rainfall and rainfall intensity in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region show a decreasing trend, while that in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions show an increasing trend.

In the harvested area, DTP exhibited an increasing trend, with the highest concentration detected in August 2019.

Under free-swimming conditions, although there was no significant change in the average swimming speed under low caffeine exposure, an increasing trend was observed (Fig. 2 e).

( 2021b ) also found an increasing trend in the maximum nitrate levels of Shiraz groundwater between 2013 and 2017, and consequently, health risks of nitrate exposure, particularly for the children’s age group, were also estimated to be increasing.

Overall, an increasing trend was found for the TP concentration in the press treatment.