“of borderline significance”

For an interquartile range increase in specific gravity-adjusted monoethyl phthalate (MEP) level, the comet extent increased significantly by 3.6 micro m [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.74-6.47]; the TDM also increased 1.2 micro m (95% CI, -0.05 to 2.38) but was of borderline significance.

Compared to patients on warfarin, there was a tendency for reduced upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk in patients on both standard dose and reduced dose of NOACs, which was statistically significant in standard dose of NOACs and was of borderline significance in reduced dose of NOACs ( Fig 4 ).

There was also a fall in serum CRP concentration of borderline significance.

In the first line setting, the HR was 0.34 (95% CI, 0.16–0.72) with a p value of 0.054, a trend for benefit of borderline significance.

For three genes in the data set, KRT5, KRT6A, KRT6B , there was a significant association between gene expression and inferior prognosis unique to young women (with overexpression of EGFR of borderline significance).

The other cellular factors (ERBB- I and cyclin A) were only of borderline significance.

Each variable accounts for a significant amount of variance, except that age is of borderline significance.

Although mothers of congenitally infected children tended to report slightly more complaints, this was only of borderline significance.

A second prospective Japanese study revealed no association between urinary Cd levels and mortality from lung cancer in men ( n = 37), although in women ( n = 19) the hazard ratio for deaths from lung cancer was of borderline significance (HR = 0.64; 95% CI: 0.4–1.1) [ 20 ].

Compared to SLNs, these nodes showed lower density of cells labeled for FOXP3, OX40 and DC-LAMP, while a difference of borderline significance was noted in the number of CD123 + plasmacytoid DCs (Figure 2 a).

In the mixed model, the interaction pattern was most clearly supported in unipedal stance, whereas the bipedal interaction term was borderline, and the elastography effect was also of borderline significance.

However, the prevalence of stunting amongst children with hepatosplenomegaly compared with children without organomegaly was of borderline significance.

Additionally, the association between country of publication and the proportion of qualitative research was of borderline significance.

Exposure in pregnancy was not significantly associated with offspring PIBD, although a third-trimester exposure was of borderline significance.

We also observed associations of borderline significance with the TIPARP rs2665390 polymorphism, which was previously found to be associated with ovarian and breast cancer, and with the EXOC1 rs13117307 polymorphism, which has been linked to cervical cancer in a large study in a Chinese population.

The risk of myeloma remained elevated for ankylosing spondylitis patients and was still of borderline significance for systemic sclerosis patients, although the SIR had decreased compared to the earlier part of the follow-up period (1964–1990).

The trend towards lower mortality rates associated with higher reported levels of ERP standardisation and clinician adherence remained of borderline significance on regression analysis.

However a pooled analysis of 14 studies revealed weak associations of borderline significance of some genomic variants related to DNA repair and cell cycle [ 7 ].

A PSI-BLAST search with the Thermotoga maritma ASRT ortholog (PDB: 1NC7) against NR database detected segments of putative secreted amidases from certain chloroflexi with e-values of borderline significance (e = 0.013) and then converged.

In addition, a trend for greater adherence was found among patients who had been referred by their oncologist (vs an IP), though this finding was of borderline significance.

When considering pre-admission factors in a multivariable model, only clinical frailty score and CKD were significant independent risk factors for community-acquired AKI while diabetes was of borderline significance (Table 2 ).

In the domain of general health and vitality, the results were of borderline significance, confirming a trend toward higher quality of life in participants with better exercise tolerance ( Table 4 ).

In addition, the reduction in bronchopulmonary dysplasia was of borderline significance.

The presence of physical illness (p = 0.056) was of borderline significance for mental illness.

Additionally, negative influence of the patient’s age and eGFR was identified as of borderline significance, which is in line with previous findings, as both those factors are associated with cognitive dysfunction [ 13 ].