The phrase "a correlative decrease in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a relationship between two variables where a decrease in one is associated with a decrease in another.
Example: "The study found a correlative decrease in air quality as industrial emissions increased."
Alternatives: "a corresponding decrease in" or "a related decrease in".
The decline of a company begins most of the time by mismanagement and unmarketable products (Crutzen and Van Caillie 2009) which may cause a decline in sales over several years (and a correlative decrease in earnings if nothing is done to improve the market position).
In EVTs where endogenous ADAMTS-12 was knocked down using siRNA, av integrin mRNA and protein levels showed a correlative decrease in expression compared to controls (Figure 7A).
A correlative decrease in mRNA and protein levels of MYO1B was observed following miR-363 expression.
Clinical studies suggest a correlative decrease in lifespan and overall decrease in the quality of health in patients that experience chronic levels of pain [ 10].
The observation that HER2 expression is increased in MUC4-transfected SKOV3 cells is consistent with our previous finding where we observed a correlative decrease in HER2 expression in antisense-RNA-induced stable MUC4-knockdown cells (Singh et al, 2004).
Moreover, in keeping with the modest increase in GPX4 expression exhibited by the vector control cells, there was also a correlative decrease in the ability of S. Typhimurium to induce PMN transepithelial migration.
Further support for this 'XET/XTH down-regulation' data has been obtained showing a similar correlative decrease in total XET enzymatic activity in Vvpgip1 transformed lines compared to wild-type [ 24].
Likewise, a correlative decrease of the silencing histone modification peak scores was observed at the upregulated genes confirming the net enrichment trends.
We demonstrate that reduced Smn levels are correlative with a decrease in transcripts implicated in ribosome, rRNA binding, ubiquitin and oxidative phosphorylation.
In neurons pre-incubated with Tat-S, NMDA treatment provoked a strong decrease in viability and a correlative increase in death compared with untreated cultures.
Data supporting a role for SirT1 in cell senescence are still correlative; senescent fibroblasts show a decrease in SirT1 expression [ 46] and SirT1 overexpression can inhibit oncogene-induced senescence as a result of direct p53 deacetylation, which counteracts p53 hyperacetylation in oncogene-induced senescence [ 47].
