The phrase "a modest correlation with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the relationship or association between two variables, indicating that the relationship is not strong but still present.
Example: "The study found a modest correlation with increased exercise and improved mental health outcomes."
Alternatives: "a slight association with" or "a weak link to".
There was a modest correlation with "receptive" language - how much the children understood when someone spoke to them - but the variances in the scores were just 1percentto3percentcent.
The two methods had a modest correlation with the 30-day risk-standardized mortality rate (opportunity-based score: r=-0.25, P<0.001; all-or-none score: r=-0.24 r=-0.241).
Complexity and throughput show no correspondence (Fig. 14), but conversion capacity shows a modest correlation with complexity because most US refineries contain conversion units which comprise a significant portion of the complexity index (Fig. 15).
A modest correlation with sE-Sel was found (rho 0.275, p < 0.01).
The QTc duration had only a modest correlation with the total antipsychotic dose.
We noted a modest correlation with ACPA and RF in the early RA cohort, but not in the established RA cohort.
Considering only genes that have a nontrivial score (i.e., only genes with somatic mutations), we observed a modest correlation of −0.4 with a P-value of 0.01 (32 genes in the sample; the mutation scores for genes are given in supporting information, File S1).
These estimates were reduced somewhat by adjustment for isoform number (11±2% and 7±1%, respectively), indicating a modest correlation of isoform number with global and local ancestry.
There was a modest correlation of plasma PR3 SERPIN A1 with impaired LV systolic function (rs=0.16, P=0.001) on the index admission (as defined by LVEF<40% or LVWMI>1.8 on echocardiography), with a stronger relationship demonstrated for NT-proBNP (rs=0.35, P=0.001).
We conducted a sensitivity analysis using the week of epidemic onset instead of the mean epidemic week, and found a more modest correlation with latitude for H3 (r2 = 0.39, p = 0.002) and H1 (r2 = 0.32, p = 0.006).
Of the sugars, only lactose intake was higher across increasing δN, with a modest correlation (r = 0.12, P = 0.001); no variation across δC values was observed.
