The phrase "a modest relationship between" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a relationship that is not overly strong or significant, often implying a degree of humility or restraint in the connection being discussed.
Example: "There is a modest relationship between the two variables, suggesting that while they are related, the correlation is not particularly strong."
Alternatives: "a slight connection between" or "a limited association between".
This despite the fact that scientific studies have shown only a modest relationship between mental health issues and violence, "a relationship that is largely attributable to co-occurring substance abuse," wrote a team of authors led by Bernice A. Pescosolido, a sociologist at Indiana University.
The EIB+ group had a slightly lower methacholine PC20 than the EIB− group (P = 0.01), resulting in a modest relationship between the maximum fall in FEV1 after exercise challenge and the methacholine PC20 (r2 = 0.43, P = 0.01).
After these factors were controlled for, there was a modest relationship between admission diagnosis and GE (r = 0.48; P = 0.02).
We find that there is only a modest relationship between the mean alignment length of a category and evidence (P-value) of positive selection.
There was a modest relationship between the degree of improvement in angiographic severity (ΔQCA) and change in iFR (r=0.34) and change in FFR (r=0.40).
PaCO2, however, accounted for only half of the variance in vascular conductance, and there was only a modest relationship between CBF and cerebral perfusion pressure (R 2 = 0.18, P < 0.05).
There was no statistical relation between parental education and frequent drinking in high school (OR 1.1, CI 0.9-1.4), and only a modest relationship with drug use (OR 1.3, CI 1.0-1.7) estimated by logistic regression (age and gender corrected).
Our findings supported the hypothesis, indicating the existence of a significant, albeit modest, relationship between average word frequency from the AN test and design frequency.
It has been argued that there is a significant, yet modest relationship, between severe mental illness such as affective disorders and violence [ 4].
In this study we demonstrated a significant but modest relationship between the RGCs function using steady-state PERG and some structural measures such as GCC and RNFL measured by OCT (see Table 4).
