The phrase "a conservative reduction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe a decrease or cut that is cautious or moderate in nature.
Example: "The company implemented a conservative reduction in its budget to ensure financial stability during uncertain times."
Alternatives: "a cautious decrease" or "a moderate cut".
All sample size calculations are two-sided, significance level of 5%, with an adjustment for a more conservative reduction in variability (assuming a correlation between baseline and 24-month measures of 0.8) and assuming a loss to follow-up of 20%.
Current doses provide a conservative risk reduction and some individuals demonstrate 'aspirin non-responsiveness', with insufficient antiplatelet effects.
It is found that BIXI is operating in a relatively transit-friendly state, and subsidy by TTC to maintain a status quo in Toronto may be worth considering if the cost of subsidy is less than a conservative average reduction achieved of 2.43 units of transit-only user cost for every 1 unit increase of bike-sharing cost.
According to the rate of complications observed in the CONTROL group (33 patients (83 %)) and to treatment effect expected (conservative reduction from 83 to 50%%) a sample of 36 patients would be necessary (alpha and beta error of 0.05 and 0.2).
In retrospective evaluation of obstacles, thickened ligamentum teres and an inverted labrum were considered major factors interfering with conservative reduction, and both factors coexisted in 75 of 104 hips (72%).
First, a conservative scenario: reductions in dietary salt by 1 g/day, trans fat by 0.5% of energy intake, saturated fat by 1% energy intake and increasing F/V intake by 1 portion/day.
This was brought about by the small area with low nitrogen retention potential (4%) and the rather conservative reductions of value points we have assigned (Table 2).
As a large fraction of CAD cases were taking statins, LDL-cholesterol levels were corrected as recommended by Tobin [33] by multiplying LDL-cholesterol levels by a factor of 1.25, corresponding to a conservative average 20% reduction in LDL-cholesterol levels in subjects taking statins [34], [35].
