The phrase "an opposite correlation between" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a relationship where one variable increases as the other decreases, indicating a negative correlation.
Example: "The study found an opposite correlation between the amount of exercise and levels of stress among participants."
Alternatives: "a negative correlation between" or "an inverse relationship between".
Interestingly, we found an opposite correlation between HER2 expression and mTOR phosphorylation.
We confirm that, in mulberry, resistance to powdery mildew infection increases with decreasing SD and stomatal intensity, with an opposite correlation between SA and DSI.
Inside coding regions of highly expressed genes, we observed an opposite correlation between nucleosome occupancy and transcriptional activity as compared to the promoter regions.
An opposite correlation between effect size and percentage of women emerged between the two meta-analyses.
As shown in figure 4, the lower the promoter mCG density, the lower the dN and dN/ dS values for both human macaque and human mouse comparisons; on the other hand, an opposite correlation was observed between NmiR and protein evolutionary rates.
Okumura et al. 2004 found the opposite correlation between hTERT and tumor grade and suggested an alternative mechanism that can immortalize cells [ 21].
One of the possible explanations is opposite correlation between total cholesterol and hsCRP.
For example, some studies showed the opposite correlation between male height and number of children (e.g., !Kung San from Northern Namibia: Kirchengast & Winkler, 1995; broad description of research about height and reproductive success: Sear, 2010).
Here we show the inhibition of pRKIP by CPT and OXP, 2 frontline chemotherapeutic agents used for the treatment of colon cancer patients, had the opposite correlation between pRKIP levels and patient outcome in Stage II colon cancer.
Another observation we can make by comparing Figures 5 and 6, is that the nonsocial networks, specifically the transcriptional networks, exhibit opposite correlations between 1- and 2-chain neighbors, 〈k 1〉 and 〈k 2〉, respectively.
Indeed, although not significant, the opposite correlations between calpain-10 expression and the level of apoptosis in islets from non-diabetic and diabetic donors support this hypothesis.
