The phrase "a modest attenuation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe a slight reduction or weakening of something, such as sound, light, or intensity.
Example: "The new filter resulted in a modest attenuation of the noise levels in the recording."
Alternatives: "a slight reduction" or "a minor decrease."
Relative to controls, a modest attenuation in the risk of smoking initiation was found for students who had been assigned to either the CC or FSP intervention classrooms (26% versus 33%) (adjusted relative risk for CC/control contrast=0.57, 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.34 0.96; adjusted relative risk for FSP/control contrast=0.69, 95% CI, 0.50 0.97).
Subsequent treatment of these patients with calcitonin showed no significant changes in the biochemical markers of bone formation and only a modest attenuation of bone resorption.
Although this virus showed an increased NK cell activity, only a modest attenuation in terms of viral titers was described.
However, in contrast to the MTT cell viability assay performed 48 hrs after light exposure, 24 hrs after the light exposure only a modest attenuation of cell viability was observed by scFvMEL/rGel or rGel in photochemically treated cells as compared to PDT (Figure S2).
The F656A mutation produced a modest attenuation of IHERG inhibition by this concentration of doxepin.
In our case, the high model R for the personal ambient particle associations suggests a modest attenuation of the particle associations with health in time-series studies.
The data show that while there was a rather modest attenuation of RNA synthesis at 2 nM (∼50%), much more dramatic suppression was seen at 20 nM (>86%; Fig. 5) and 200 nM (>95%) Mxt concentrations.
However, blocking CD36 did not appear as integral to LAP's ability to block allogeneic DTHR as there appeared to only be a trend toward modest attenuation in this system.
Assessment of the lack of updating but use of imputed duration of hormone use among postmenopausal women showed modest attenuation over a 5-year follow-up interval in the NHS.
Finally, the modest attenuation in gene expression in KO livers and cells suggests a partial metabolic regulatory role for Mediator MED23.
In addition, a record linkage study of mortality in more than 42,000 ex-prisoners in Queensland (Kinner et al. 2012) found only modest attenuation of the mortality rate when state-based mortality records were used, suggesting relatively low interstate mobility in this population.
