The phrase "a small association between" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a minor or limited relationship or correlation between two variables or entities.
Example: "The study revealed a small association between exercise frequency and improved mental health outcomes."
Alternatives: "a slight correlation between" or "a minor link between".
The findings, published online June 6 , 2018 by Arthritis & Rheumatology, reviewed more than 70 clinical trials and found only a small association between various drugs used for RA, such as adalimumab (Humira), rituximab (Rituxan), abatacept (Orencia), and tocilizumab (Actemra), and mental health outcomes in patients.
Contrary to previous beliefs regarding the protectiveness of social networks, they found a small association between subjective social support and increased arrest risk.
We also found a small association between the use of a structured RQ based on the PICOT format and a better overall reporting quality of RCTs.
Bivariate studies have shown a small association between domestic violence and depressive symptoms whilst multivariate studies show a small to medium association [ 22].
Nevertheless, even a small association between bisphosphonates and AF (perhaps insignificant in osteoporosis patients) may be important for cancer patients as this vulnerable group receives doses of bisphosphonates up to 10 times higher than those given to osteoporosis patients.
Data from the National Collaborative Perinatal Project [ 29] found a small association between exposure to the sum of 11 PCB congeners and TTP, such that women with concentrations in the highest quartile had longer TTP.
Higher rainfall led to a smaller association between cardiovascular admissions and PM2.5 in all four cities.
Our study found a smaller association between severe obesity (BMI, ≥35) and hospitalization, and we detected an increase in risk for obese individuals in addition to morbidly obese individuals.
5 26 Finally, the results showed that only a small association was found between density of neighbourhood restaurants and BMI, and therefore it cannot be concluded as causality.
Thus, although we cannot exclude a potentially small association between genetically predicted fetuin-A and glucose, the estimate was statistically significantly different from the positive association observed between measured fetuin-A and fasting glucose.
Model 1 shows a very small association between cancer and K6 score, such that having cancer was associated with four tenths of a unit increase on the scale (b = 0.395; p < 0.01).
