The phrase "a less proportion" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression would be "a smaller proportion" or "a lesser proportion."
Example: "In this study, we found that there is a smaller proportion of participants who prefer option A over option B."
Alternatives: "a smaller share" or "a reduced fraction."
However, Caco-2 cells provided with OA referentially promote accumulation of cellular ApoB100, resulting in a less proportion of apoB48 relative to apoB100.
Also using only Mitotracker Red CMXRos, small oocytes (around 40 μm) showed a less proportion of red-stained mitochondria, while in mature (around 100 μm) and spawned eggs, the mitochondrial mass was red-stained pointing to an overall high Δψm.
So, this differential missing data could have had as consequence the underestimation of these issues in boys but in a less proportion than it could have produced for girls.
One limitation of this study is that the sample consisted of more pre-clinical students than clinical ones and, therefore, may have had a less proportion of students who were exposed to a rural training program or to senior colleagues, resulting in underestimation of the intention to practice medicine in rural areas or to migrate outside Ethiopia.
It can be seen that, compared to the single factor risk assessment approach, a much less proportion of participants require drug treatment when they are scored by the WHO/ISH Tool.
After exclusion of these cases from the analyses, we found that the association between HED frequency and risk of alcohol related injury was of a straight linear kind, but, compared to the main analyses, the association was clearly attenuated, and a slightly less proportion of these injuries were found among the group of high risk drinkers.
The termination rate caps apply only to calls, which are likely to account for a less significant proportion of mobile phone companies' revenues over the next four years, added Ofcom.
Do the mulattoes seek public charity in greater or less proportion than whites?
Jews express belief in God in significantly less proportions than other religious groups.
The results of this study suggest that a larger proportion of force is transferred through the ulno-carpal joint of the JIA wrist than for healthy subjects, with a less than normal proportion of force transferred through the radio-carpal joint.
