The phrase "a sustained decrease in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a continuous or ongoing reduction in a particular variable or measurement over a period of time.
Example: "The report indicated a sustained decrease in the population of the species over the last decade."
Alternatives: "a continuous decline in" or "an ongoing reduction in".
It is possible, meanwhile, that a sustained decrease in calories coupled with a sustained increase in exercise might have a potent effect on aging (at the moment there are no large-scale studies under way, Fontana told me).
Remission in ulcerative colitis is defined as a sustained decrease in the Mayo ulcerative colitis score of at least 3 points and at least 30% from baseline.
Diabetic rats developed a sustained decrease in withdrawal threshold response to the von Frey test within 8 weeks after a single injection of STZ (45 mg/kg, i.v).v
Allergen immunotherapy involves exposing a patient to a gradually escalating dose of a specific allergen with the intention of decreasing allergic and inflammatory responses, ultimately leading to a sustained decrease in allergic symptoms.
Limited clinical data have shown a sustained decrease in total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and homocysteine levels; an elevated homocysteine level is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis.
Injection (icv) of ET-11 31 ET-11 31l) produced a biphasic blood pressure response: an initial increase (from 118 ± 8 to 138 ± 14 mmHg, P < 0.0500followed by a sustained decrease in Bpmolrom 118 ± 8 to 58 ± 9 mmHg, produced), which was very similar to biphasicnse to icv injection of bloodT-1 (500 pressure ET-11–21 (25 pmol).
At the same time, an important difference between these studies and ours is that we are dealing with a relatively short but intense pollution shock, while they study a sustained decrease in pollution over time.
The increase was tempered by a decline in the four-week moving average, which smooths out week-to-week volatility and fell to 431,000, from 436,750 the week before, its lowest level in two years and approaching the 425,000 level economists look to as a signal of a sustained decrease in unemployment.
As presented in figure 8 A at 6 and 24 h in culture the fibroblasts showed a sustained decrease in the pattern of nuclear glutathionylated proteins.
Moreover, we detected a lower number of mature neurons (NeuN positive) in the granular cell layer and a reduced volume of the dentate gyrus that could be due to a sustained decrease in the incorporation of new generated neurons.
A recent detailed study of the epidemiology of Influenza A H1N1 in the era 1918 1951 [40] shows, Figure 2, that during the H1N1 era there is evidence of a sustained decrease in mortality rate between 1918 (autumn wave) and 1924 and likewise between 1928 and 1944.
