The phrase "a somewhat lower proportion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing comparative statistics or quantities, indicating that one group or category has a lesser amount relative to another.
Example: "In the recent survey, a somewhat lower proportion of participants reported feeling satisfied with their jobs compared to last year."
Alternatives: "a slightly reduced percentage" or "a somewhat diminished share".
There was a somewhat lower proportion of flapper-wear among the crowd than New York, and rather than a Jazz Age-attired master of ceremonies welcoming guests to the party of "Mr. Gatsby" and creating the illusion of a 1920s bacchanal, as there was Stateside, the French party went with a more modern accouterment: a DJ.
In the current study of CASI as part of routine care, a somewhat lower proportion of patients were comfortable or very comfortable using CASI (71%) than found in a randomized study at our centre (86%) [9].
A somewhat lower proportion of cases than random controls had undergone a tubal ligation.
Patients with Alzheimer's disease exhibited similar symptoms in a somewhat lower proportion (45%) of cases.
When compared to EOC cases, the PPC cases were older and a somewhat lower proportion was Black.
Four participants (15%) were born outside Australia, which is a somewhat lower proportion compared to the general population of Australian adults with diabetes (25%).
Regarding indicators of the primary illness, as well as the lipid profile parameters (Table 4), the two groups were comparable with the only exception being the type of diabetes, with somewhat lower proportion of type II diabetes in group D.> The type and number of comorbidities is shown in Table 1.
As expected, the women in the case series had a somewhat lower age at diagnosis, lower proportion screen-detected lesions, larger tumours, not completely excised DCIS, higher proportion of invasive lesions at review, more necrosis and a distribution towards higher grades.
Both individual N2 ChIP-seq experiments had a somewhat lower signal to background ratio.
W and NW students differ in a number of demographic factors, as can be seen in Table 2, the NW students coming from a somewhat lower socio-economic group, and their parents having somewhat less education, although interestingly there are no differences in the proportions attending private schools.
