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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a slight age" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in contexts discussing a small difference in age between individuals or groups, but it is not a standard expression.
Example: "There is a slight age difference between the two siblings, with the older one being just a year ahead."
Alternatives: "a small age" or "a minor age difference".
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There is also a slight age difference between patients; those undertaking cosmetic procedures are on average younger than orthopedic patients.
This exclusion caused a slight age difference of approximately 2 years between the PD and the non-PD control groups.
There is a slight age gap between the two populations of young women sampled (LBC and PTK).
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By utilizing highly controlled tissue collection methods and state-of-the-art tissue processing techniques, the researchers found thousands of newly formed neurons in 13 healthy brains from age 43 up to age 87 with a slight age-related decline in neurogenesis (about 30% from youngest to oldest).
The repeated use of the foil resulted in a slight ageing effect for Pt/Al2O3.
In occupations with more routine content, we observe a slight aging of workers, as average age seems to increase.
Voltage-gated Na+ and K+ channels displayed a slight age-dependent increase, consistent with the observed changes in action potential threshold and shape.
While previous results already indicated a slight age-related increase in mutant frequency for the total brain [2], in this experiment such an increase was also statistically significant, i.e., from 5.7×10−5 at 7 months to 9.2×10−5 at 30 months of age (p = 0.0318).
Data from 174 persons give an average value of 16.4 +/- 7.3, and a slight age-dependence was observed.
A slight age-related decrease of Bcl-2 expression in the dentate gyrus was evident in the study, but this trend did not show significant differences.
Ergo, adolescent vaccination causes a relative slight age shift for recidive infections.
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