The phrase "a modest relation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a relationship that is not overly significant or grand, often implying a sense of humility or simplicity.
Example: "Their connection was a modest relation, built on shared interests rather than grand ambitions."
Alternatives: "a humble connection" or "a simple relationship".
It has been shown that there is only a modest relation between reported vitamin D intake from an extensive dietary questionnaire and serum levels of 25-OHD3 [ 30].
Academic and peer environment were also associated with drinking behaviours (table 2); there was a modest relation between students' perception of school attitude regarding alcohol and the report of excessive drinking.
Relying on private cellular network subscription as a measure of mobile phone use would also have resulted in substantial misclassification because subscribers bear only a modest relation to users (Funch et al. 1996) and because corporate users were either excluded or included in the unexposed group.
Across the studies included in the meta-analysis, a significant but modest relation between life stress and NSSI was found (pooled OR = 1.81 [95% CI = 1.49 2.21]).
Using conditional logistic regression, quartiles of PON1-activity showed a modest inverse relation with CAD risk (OR for the highest versus the lowest quartile 0.77[0.63 0.95], p = 0.01; p-trend = 0.06).
Also, a modest positive relation was found between insufficient vitamin D status and hypercholesterolemia through regression analysis.
It may be noted that hypnotic susceptibility has a modest inverse relation with non-dissociative psychopathology, such as mood and anxiety disorders [e.g., [ 27]].
In patients treated with a single intramuscular depot of GC (all FLARE patients and a proportion of tREACH patients), a modest inverse relation was found between in vitro GC sensitivity as reflected by IL-2-EC50 vandes and the percentage improvement in DAS after 2 weeks (P = 0.029; Figure 3A).
In addition, the number of GRs displayed a modest positive relation with the improvement in DAS in patients with intramuscular depots of GC, and a positive trend was observed for the KD of the GRs (P = 0.008 and P = 0.070, respectively; Figure 3C, D).
An explanation for this finding might be the modest relation between both CRP and MPO versus PON1 activity.
Republicans conceded that Mr. Gore had scored a modest public relations advantage by seeming to call for a full and fair recount of every vote.
