The phrase "a slight overall decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes in data, statistics, or trends that indicate a small reduction in a particular measure or value.
Example: "The report indicated a slight overall decrease in sales compared to the previous quarter."
Alternatives: "a minor overall reduction" or "a small general decline."
A report by the American Hospital Association for July, August and September found a slight overall decrease in hospital traffic, including emergency visits, as some people apparently sought to avoid spending money on anything they did not deem absolutely essential.
A slight, overall decrease in blurring and an increase in image quality rating with MC was found, but with no impact on clinical interpretation.
A slight, overall decrease in blurring and an increase in image quality with MC was found, but without impact on clinical interpretation.
A slight, overall decrease in blurring and an increase in image quality rating with MC was found, but with no impact on clinical outcome.
"Overall religious patterns continue to change in the U.S., with an increase in the percentage of Americans who say that they have no formal religion and a slight overall decrease in general religiosity," Newport wrote.
24 On the patient level, discontinuation of rosiglitazone was associated with a slight overall decrease in the mean level of glycated haemoglobin.
The slight overall decrease of CD11c, CD14 and CD86 suggested differentiation of monocytes to macrophages during the observation period [23], [24] which was confirmed by absence of the dendritic marker DC-SIGN.
A slight overall performance decrease is due to the contexts which are not recognized 100% correctly (see Table 2).
Furthermore, despite an initial β-cell decrease in the treatment phase, the model predicts a slight overall improvement in β-cell mass after 52 weeks.
When the reactant solutions (i.e., water, APF, pH buffer, HRP, H2O2) are purged with nitrogen gas and the experiment is performed in an anaerobic glove-bag, a similar fluorescence increase results but at a slight decrease in overall fluorescence.
Although the ARA increase at the end of the multi-stage process (18.9%) was higher than during stages I to III, beginning cell autolysis resulted in less glucose consumption, and led to a slight decrease of overall dry cell weight.
