The phrase "although this reflected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrasting idea or to indicate that something is true despite another fact.
Example: "Although this reflected a significant change in policy, many stakeholders remained unconvinced."
Alternatives: "even though this indicated" or "despite this showing".
Although this reflected G.M.'s optimism that it could it regain its former market position, the strategy was expensive, and it also meant that the auto maker was often producing too many vehicles.
However, in one case (M2 in Figure 7) a positive ELISA result was recorded, although this reflected a low level infection post challenge.
Our decision to omit American studies (other than Canada) was based on their very different health care system and ethnic groupings; it considerably reduced the number of selected studies, although this reflected our research question of whether there are ethnic inequalities in the time to diagnosis of cancer within a free health care system.
Even more unexpectedly, Hamlet embraces the ghost of his father, although this reflects Mr. Brook's belief that the entire drama revolves around the existence of the spirit.
The effect of topical SiO2-NP exposure on preexisting ACD has not been studied to date although this reflects a common in vivo situation.
Although this reflects the presence of PEW and inflammation, these factors may not fully explain the association of IGF-1 and mortality.
Although this reflects the size and distribution of the population, many population genetic analyses are influenced by sample size, including linkage disequilibrium and founder effects.
Although this reflects use of densitometry for case finding as well as for monitoring treatment, it is likely that over half of all measurements done are for monitoring.
Although this reflects the best-supported model by the model selection approach, models tested were limited to those from a series thought reasonably likely to represent regional history.
First, only post-menopausal women were studied, and although this reflects the timing of diagnosis of most CRCs it may not reflect the utility of CEA as a colorectal tumour marker in the overall population.
Although this reflects the educational level in Norway for women in this age range (approximately 50% have higher education, according to Statistics Norway 2009), there was a slight overrepresentation of highly educated women in this sample (60%).
