In contrast, plant sterols used as markers of cholesterol absorption showed a weakly negative correlation with cIMT.
The absolute concentration of sitosterol did not correlate with cIMT (r = −0.05, P<0.27); the sitosterol-to-cholesterol ratio showed a weakly negative correlation with cIMT (r = −0.17, P<0.0005).
The correlation coefficient is −0.293 reflecting a weakly negative correlation.
Sixty-six percent of patients with only a weakly negative BE (<−2 mmol/L) showed low FIB.
The "repressive" code 2 had only a weakly negative effect on p65 binding.
A positive value shows a positive relationship, while a negative value indicates a negative relationship.
The S. medicae strains harbored a larger portion of putatively neutral and weakly deleterious mutations, consistent with a negative relationship between the efficacy of selection and effective population size.
"I have a very negative relationship to the aristocracy.
One study even found a somewhat negative relationship.
On the negative side, Spielberger (1966) has observed a counter negative relationship among college students.
