The phrase "affected a decrease in" 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 outcome.
Example: "The new policy affected a decrease in employee turnover rates."
Alternatives: "led to a reduction in" or "caused a decline in".
AECOPD can affect a decrease in lung function and impair the health-related quality of life [ 20].
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 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.
Because focal area non-mass lesions are on the edge of MBI detectability, it is not surprising that they were most affected by a decrease in count density by halving acquisition duration in this study.
Since chemotaxis determination can be affected by a decrease in sperm motility due to a secondly effect of the inhibitor, this parameter was additionally evaluated (see Supplementary figures S1, S2, S3).
Methylation patterns of CpG dinucleotides at the GAD1 proximal promoter and intron 2 were determined for each of the two chromatin fractions separately, using a case-control design for 14 schizophrenia subjects affected by a decrease in prefrontal GAD1 mRNA levels.
The binding of SBL to P388 cell membrane is not affected by a decrease in Hsp 70 expression using quercetin, but an attenuated induction of apoptosis is apparent.
Analysis of snRNA levels in SMN-depleted cells confirmed that the snRNA levels are affected by a decrease in SMN protein.
