Sentence examples for a statistically significant gradient from inspiring English sources

A statistically significant gradient was noted for the use of diet alone to manage diabetes.

Only the SES variable education showed a statistically significant gradient of association with mortality among Whites.

There was a statistically significant gradient according to SES and neighbourhood crime rate, with higher proportions of current smokers belonging to lower social classes and residing in neighbourhoods characterized by higher crime rates.

However, for all environmental factors there was a statistically significant gradient effect where those perceiving the neighbourhood more positively were more likely to report higher mental well-being scores.

There was a statistically significant gradient in the age distribution of patients according to place of acquisition, with the median age highest in patients with HCA-HO infections (median age 40 years, IQR 8 67), and lowest in patients with community-associated infections (median age 13 years, IQR 4 37) (Table  1).

While our data suggest a statistically significant gradient in the direction of more frequent use of chemotherapy in the highest socio-economic groups, the absolute differences are very small in comparison with the variations between age-groups or between cancer networks.

When patients were classified according to the time of the follow-up or treatment before inclusion (new incident cases vs patients already in follow-up at the centre), there was a clear tendency: the proportion of undertreatment ranged from 44.7 to 20.2% with a consistent and statistically significant gradient (P<0.0001).

For all considered procedures except for CABG an inverse and statistically significant gradient between waiting times and educational level was observed: the conditional probabilities of undergoing surgery were lower among people with low and middle education levels than for more highly educated people after adjustment for sex, age, comorbidities, registration period, and LHAs.

Furthermore, no clear statistically significant gradient was observed with respect to the CPQ11 14 scores and DMFT categories (see Additional file 2).

There was no evidence of a statistically significant age gradient for uptake rates or for low-risk adenoma PPVs at either screen.

Influenza vaccination uptake showed a statistically significant upward gradient from 30% in 2010 to over 50% in 2014 (chi-square for trend p < 0.01. See Table  1).