The first pattern is a simple trajectory with a constant increase in BMI SDS over a prolonged time interval, e.g. 0 20y.
We assumed a log-linear relationship between exposure and outcome, i.e., that an increase in the number of reports of a particular pathogen resulted in a constant increase in the log number of GBS hospitalizations throughout the range of laboratory reports.
Due to an increasing life-expectancy as well as a constant increase in the Body-Mass-Index (BMI), which constitutes a principal risk factor for OA [ 3], the incidence of OA is expected to rise in upcoming years [ 4].
We confirmed that both perceptions of pastoralists and meteorological records showed a constant increase in temperature, a downward trend in rainfall coupled with frequent droughts.
In brief, activated platelets adhere to sensor surfaces within the system and aggregate to form a barrier, which results in a constant increase in resistance between the electrodes.
The results from the meteorological analyses showed a constant increase in temperature with a high variability of rainfall between 1986 and 2012.
Besides that, general medical progress leads to a constant increase in knowledge and a higher specialization of medical professionals.
As for build up land uses, there has been a constant increase in all periods, with a dramatic increase of 11.81% annually in the last period.
Statistics since the 1940s show that there has been a constant increase in the value of a home and that home ownership acts as a buffer against inflation.
A constant increase in these proteins and a constant up-regulation of their phosphorylation status were also detected in rats with severe ischaemia during reperfusion.
As a result of the generally increased life expectancy, patients with chronic osteoarthritis are also expected to live longer, but with their deteriorating health, they are subjected to a constant increase in treatment costs posing a substantial burden to national health systems, insurance funds and family budgets [ 6, 35– 35].
