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The phrase "altered figures" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to numerical data or representations that have been modified or changed in some way.
Example: "The altered figures in the report raised concerns about the accuracy of the financial statements."
Alternatives: "modified data" or "changed numbers".
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A statistician blows the whistle on his colleagues who have, he claims, altered figures on his group's research into Alzheimer's in order to get a new grant.
They also acknowledge that a much publicized 2011 paper in The Lancet, to which the journal had already attached an 'expression of concern,' contains altered figures.
In their complaint, Anversa and Leri acknowledged that the papers contained fictitious data points and altered figures, but argued that the investigation was flawed.
The complaint filed in a federal district court acknowledges that there are fictitious data points in a now-retracted 2012 paper that appeared in the journal Circulation, and altered figures in a much-publicized 2011 paper in The Lancet that is now under scrutiny.
It must be remarked that in our analyses day 0 is the date of admission; as a consequence, health care-associated cases would have altered figures on length of stay and survival.
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Brain weight was not altered (Figure 2B).
The overall synapse morphology was not altered (Figure 4A).
Similarly, The VHL protein level was not altered (Figure 2B).
On mutating Arg39 to Ala these two interactions were altered (Figure 8C).
The expression level of total STAT5 was also not altered (Figure S4).
However, 72 h after SCI, occludin at the BTB was dramatically altered (Figure 4B).
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