The phrase "a relatively lower proportion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing proportions in a context where one is less than another, but still significant in relation to a larger group.
Example: "In the recent survey, a relatively lower proportion of respondents reported feeling satisfied with their work-life balance compared to last year."
Alternatives: "a comparatively smaller share" or "a lesser percentage".
A relatively lower proportion of subjects showed complete response to drugs at 3 months in post-infectious group.
Additionally, -sabinene and β-linalool were recorded at a relatively lower proportion, 3.61-12.82% and 1.34-9.211.34-9.21%ively.
A relatively lower proportion of subjects showed complete response at 3 months in post-infectious group as compared to non infectious group (35 vs. 55%).
In contrast, BCG vaccination, which results in a relatively lower proportion of 3+ and 2+ cytokine producing CD4 T cells, is limited in its ability to mediate an efficient and sustained protection.
Sequence analysis of the deep sequencing data revealed that although production of both V-sRNAs and S-sRNAs were triggered following virus infection, they accounted for a relatively lower proportion of the total reads when compared to levels induced following RNA virus infections [5], [34].
Some reports have found a relatively lower proportion of male births with increasing maternal and paternal age [ 28, 29].
As for quarterly variation differences amongst fleets, an expected value of relatively lower proportion (≈0.7) for Brazil's fleet stands out in the third quarter.
If further studies demonstrate that elasmobranchs do indeed have a lower susceptibility to cancer, the relatively lower proportion of trinucleotide microsatellite repeats within ORFs, as seen here for the white shark, may provide a genetic mechanism hypothesis for further exploration.
The high proportion of mistimed births in this study is a reflection of the need for spacing, and the relatively lower proportion of unintended births reflects the need for reducing ideal family size and limiting fertility in Ethiopia.
On the contrary, continental islands possess relatively lower proportion of endemic taxa and floras of continental islands are closely related to floras of neighboring continents (Bramwell and Caujapé-Castells 2011; Fernández-Palacios et al. 2011; Heaney 1991; Hsu and Wolf 2009).
