The phrase "a proportionate difference in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing variations or changes that are relative in size or amount compared to something else.
Example: "There is a proportionate difference in the results when comparing the two methods of analysis."
Alternatives: "a relative difference in" or "a corresponding difference in".
A very notable difference exists also as regards the degree of force which has been applied with the weights, ranging from a small, to a high number of kilogrammes, without a proportionate difference existing in the condition of the resistance of the muscles, in relative cases" [ 2].
Specifically, the greater energy intake reported by the breakfast group led to an estimated proportionate difference in diet-induced thermogenesis (221 ± 49 kcal/d) relative to the fasting group (180 ± 39 kcal/d; P = 0.01).
A sample size of 30 individual treatment sessions per stage would provide 80% power to detect a mean difference of.3 points (based on the full 5-point range of 0 4 in our therapy quality scales, this represents a proportionate difference of about 5%), with a SD of.6.
This will surprise no one who has compared house prices in the south and the north: a two-bedroom terraced house in Reading, in prosperous Berkshire, might cost £75,000; a similar house in desolate Tow Law, County Durham, may fetch a fifth of that, although the proportionate difference in incomes is far less.
The poster should present the information in a variety of creative ways, using such tools as pictures, analogies in comparing the statistics of the two planets (e.g., describing the proportionate difference in size between the planets to a comparable size difference between two animals), and any other interesting method.
The proportionate difference in leg lengths remains stable throughout childhood, thus allowing a prediction of leg length discrepancy to be accurate within 2 mm using estimates made from as early as 3 years old [4].
To that end, states were given the option to permit proportionate differences in insurance premiums using sex as a determining factor, as long as they published their data and reviewed the decision on 21 December 2012.
Fig. 4 Proportionate differences in skull shapes of domestic dogs and cats as they grow up.
Fig. 3C shows that this difference was maintained in Ts65Dn cells, indicating that the speeding of the APs was due to a proportionate increase in the maximum rates of rise and fall, of ~ 13% (Fig. 3D).
"We have a proportionate response in place," he said.
