Studies with clinical samples [ 11, 13, 14, 16, 17] reported a trend of inconsistency between child-reported and parent-reported QoL; that is, obese children rated their QoL better than their parents did.
For example, Yamakawa et al. [18] reported a trend toward favorable outcomes in their systematic review based on a meta-analysis.
One observational [92] and one retrospective [93] cohort study of patients with ALI/ARDS reported a trend toward reduced mortality in patients who were receiving statins before hospitalization.
And Matthew Penn of NSO in Tucson and colleagues reported a trend in the intensity of the magnetic field of sunspots as gauged using a ground-based telescope during 13 years.
Using this method, Chugani et al., [127] reported a trend of elevated serotonin synthesis capacity in three female patients with MO after migraine patients were treated prophylactically with beta-adrenergic antagonists propranolol or nadolol, thought to be due to antagonism of the 5-HT1A recepton on serotonergic neurons [140].
Shermak was the lead author of a study that reported a trend of higher infection rate and poor wound healing for women who underwent the procedure in their 40s and 50s.
Second, of the numerous studies testing partner preference in male prairie voles only one other study, in that case adrenalectomized males, has even reported a trend for a preference for the novel female [14].
Nevertheless, some of these studies reported a trend for shorter CAG alleles to be more frequent among PCOS cases than the controls [4], [5] which is consistent with the in vitro evidence of the greater receptor activity of the shorter CAG alleles.
Previous studies [ 27] reported a trend similar to that found in our study.
Scotton and coworkers reported a trend toward stronger CXCL12 expression in higher grade tumors [ 16].
The phase III rFVIIa study reported a trend to reduction of MOF for blunt injury [ 61].
