The phrase "achieved a decline" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where a decrease or reduction has been successfully reached or accomplished.
Example: "The company achieved a decline in production costs over the last quarter, leading to increased profitability."
Alternatives: "realized a decrease" or "attained a reduction."
Patients who achieved a decline in HBsAg of >0.5 log IU/mL within 4 weeks after the flare cleared HBsAg in 64% (7 of 11) of cases.
Patients who achieved a decline of >0.5 log IU/mL during the first month after the peak of the flare had a probability of HBsAg clearance of 64% (7 of 11), increasing to 75% (6 of 8) in patients with a decline >1 log IU/mL (P < .001 for both).
There is a corresponding need for those working at the molecular level to address the social and economic determinants of public health, and to acknowledge the contribution of existing clinical interventions, the combined effects of which have achieved a decline of up to 50% in cardiovascular deaths in the past three decades in many industrialized countries.
Patients who did not achieve a greater than 20% decline in serum HER-2/neu levels had a lower response rate, shorter duration of response, shorter time to progression, and decreased overall survival compared with those patients who did achieve a decline of more than 20%.
Jakarta's has achieved a similar decline in just a year.
Bhutan is pursuing an aggressive malaria elimination strategy, and has achieved a 98.7% decline in microscopy-confirmed cases from 1994 to 2010.
Schacht's administration achieved a rapid decline in the unemployment rate, the largest of any country during the Great Depression.
In recent times, Liberia has achieved a striking decline in under-five child deaths, from 241 to 78 per 1,000 live births between 1990 and 2011 [SOWC2013].
Malawi is leading in this fight, and has already achieved a sharp decline of 67%% less new HIV infections between 2009 and 2013.
Rwanda has achieved a remarkable decline in maternal mortality from 750 to 476 deaths per 100,000 within only five years (2005 2010) [ 14].
Of the 42 patients enrolled in this phase II trial who were treated with abiraterone acetate 1,000 mg daily, 67% achieved a PSA decline of ≥50%.
