The phrase "a modest higher" is not correct in English.
It seems to be an incorrect combination of words and does not convey a clear meaning. An example of a corrected phrase could be: "a modest increase."
Alternatives: "a slight rise" or "a small improvement."
Obese patients had a modest higher risk of POAF compared with nonobese (odds ratio, 1.12; 95% confidence interval, 1.04 to 1.21; p = 0.002).
While some studies reported a modest higher risk [ 71], other studies failed to show that effect [ 30, 52].
A retrospective analysis of 500 patients who were aged <35 years at the time of diagnosis reported the same findings, albeit a modest higher prevalence of ER-negative (31% versus 23%), and highly proliferative tumors (ki67 > 30%59%9% versus 49%) among patients aged <30 and 30 to 34 years, respectively [ 19].
Mr. Joseph lives in a modest high-rise apartment with his wife, Nancy Van Goethem, a painter, overlooking New York Harbor.
She lived in Jakarta without the handsome perquisites of most expatriates, choosing instead a modest high-rise apartment where her most frequent visitors were Indonesians.
A Scout's Evolution Some 70 years ago, Garfinkel, the son of a Manhattan garment worker, was a modest high school basketball player at the now defunct Barnard School for Boys in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Jha forecast a modest, high single-digit to low-double digit increase in the handset marketplace for 2010, which could create an appropriate setting for Motorola to revisit a mobile devices spin-off.
At the center of the table in a modest, high-rise apartment in the teeming city of Shenzhen, China, a simmering pot of soup stock was surrounded by large platters featuring mushrooms, different kinds of thinly shaved meat, lettuce, potato, cauliflower, eggs, and shrimp.
It is possible that this modest increase in apical dendrites is sufficient to allow LTP recovery with a modest high-frequency-induced LTP protocol.
"But the membership is quite clear: unsocial hours, weekend working, Christmas Day and bank holidays – they get a very modest higher level of remuneration.
Speaking to the Independent, Carter said: "The membership is quite clear: unsocial hours, weekend working, Christmas Day and bank holidays – they get a very modest higher level of remuneration.
