The phrase "affected a decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact of one variable on the reduction of another variable or quantity.
Example: "The new policy affected a decrease in the overall crime rate in the city."
Alternatives: "led to a decrease" or "caused a reduction."
AECOPD can affect a decrease in lung function and impair the health-related quality of life [ 20].
If neuromuscular transmission was affected, a sharp decrease (>10%) in the amplitude of the electrical response should be observed after repeated stimulations, but no differences were detected between MCK-UCP1 and wild-type mice (figure 4C), indicating that neuromuscular transmission did not appear compromised.
First, if an annual reduction in water yield in an area is primarily due to reductions during the non-growing season then rainfed crop production may not be affected by a decrease in annual water yield (unless the changes in the off-season affect water storage and soil productivity in the growing seasons).
In MCF7-HER2 theors the combination treatment was the only regimen to affect a drastic decrease in proliferation in tissue proximal to vasculature which, similarly to gefitinib treatment alone, did not decrease further with growing distance from vessels.
Central Valley interests who would be most affected describe a decrease of that magnitude in more pointed ways.
Also fatigue strength was negatively affected, with a decrease of fatigue limit of about 12%.
"Basically what happens is volcanoes such as this one generate sulphur-based aerosols which block radiation from the sun and therefore the climate is affected by a decrease in global temperatures," she said.
In fact, the particle size is significantly affected by a decrease in the effective ionic radius of the lanthanide ions.
A significant decrease in reproduction was observed (Fig. 4) with an increase in dose of ZnO-NPs and strongly affected with a decrease in size of NPs.
The oxidation rate measured in the light for the two data points labelled with question marks may be affected by a decrease in reactive surface area, see text.
