The phrase "a decrease of percent" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used when discussing a reduction in a quantity expressed as a percentage, but it lacks specificity and clarity.
Example: "There was a decrease of 10 percent in sales compared to last year."
Alternatives: "a reduction of percent" or "a decline of percent".
We decided a priori to adjust for use of rescue inhalers, including use last night, which was associated with a decrease of 3.5 percent-predicted FEV1 in the afternoon and evening [95% confidence interval (CI), −6.5 to −0.4].
The company had anticipated a decrease of about two to five percent.
And, since implementation of the Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), U.S. goods exports to Korea have declined by nine percent (a decrease of over $1.2 billion) in comparison to 2011 levels for the same months, while exports to Colombia since implementation of the Colombia FTA have barely increased (by $358 million).
Thirty-two pexhibitedhibited a decrease of one or more variables beyond critical threshold and 30% showed no difference.
They are either an improvement in pain or in function of at least 50 percent with a decrease of 2.0 cm on the visual-analogue-scale (VAS) for pain or function, or an improvement in both pain and function of at least 20percentt with a decrease of 1.0 cm on the VAS [ 36].
Thirty-one percent will see a decrease of $1 to $10 per month, and 4percentt will see a decrease of more than $10.
Using Oct4 and Nanog promoter methylation status in various cell types as a positive control, although the change was insignificant, we observed a decrease in percent methylation of Flk1 in MiPS (1.9 ± 0.6%%) and FiPS (2.2 ± 0.6%%) as compared to MSC (5.8 ± 1.0 %) and MEF (3.9 ± 0.6%%), respectively (Supplementary Figure-IIB).
In these tissues the CD4cre mice showed a consistent increase in the percent of CD8+ T cells and a decrease in the percent of CD4+ T cells.
In the analyses of post-surgical medical treatment we found a decrease in the percent of patients with invasive lesions at medium-to-high risk of distant metastasis who received chemotherapy after the introduction of PGL.
There was a decrease in the percent of children presenting with a history of TB disease from 25% in 2004/5 to 13% in 2011 (p <0.0001).
