The phrase "a modest decrease from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a small reduction in quantity, value, or level compared to a previous measurement or figure.
Example: "The report indicated a modest decrease from last year's sales figures, suggesting a need for strategic adjustments."
Alternatives: "a slight reduction from" or "a small decline from".
The preliminary figure for war-fighting in 2010 is $130 billion, which represents a modest decrease from the $144 billion that is expected to go to military operations in 2009.
Total pedometer activity (number of steps) showed significant Group differences in change over time (F 2, 137) = 4.15, p = .0177) with intervention participants showing strong increases from baseline to 6 months and a modest decrease from 6 months to 12 months while controls showed more modest, but steady, increases over time.
In four of six patients with multiple samples, we observed a modest decrease 4 cm from the tumor.
In economic news, the January report on existing home sales revealed a modest decrease to 4.89 million from a revised reading of 4.91 million in December.
Rates on the bottom 20percentt of tax filers went from 7.5percentto1.5percentcent, while the top 20percentt of earners saw a more modest decrease, from 27.1 to 24.0percentt over the same period.
Although not maximally different, there is a modest decrease in total testosterone levels from ovulation to the luteal phase [42].
There were no significant differences in the lipid profiles between liraglutide 1.8 mg and sitagliptin, apart from a modest decrease -0.16 mmol/l (95% CI -0.30 to -0.01) in total cholesterol, in favour of liraglutide[ 38].
The intracellular ATP concentration was lower when inhibitors were added, but resulted only in a modest decrease in the energy charge from 0.87 ±0.002) to 0.85 ±0.004) compared to the control.
However, for cells that did not stop within 40 s of drug application, there was only a modest decrease in spontaneous AP rate, from 3.75 ± 0.67 to 3.27 ± 0.29 beats/s (ns) at this time-point.
Adjustment for waist circumference in a separate model changed the slope from a modest decrease to a slight increase (0.38% per year, P < 0.0001) in control subjects, and the sex difference was somewhat attenuated (4,107 ng/mL at year0, P < 0.0001) (Table 3).
We found that PACER knockdown did not significantly affect binding of any of these four factors to the COX-2 promoter region, apart from a modest decrease of the AP1 component c-Jun binding to distal (−0.45 kb and −0.85 kb) sites but not to the COX-2 proximal promoter.
