The phrase "appears to be linked with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a potential connection or relationship between two or more subjects, often in a speculative or observational context.
Example: "The recent study suggests that increased screen time appears to be linked with higher levels of anxiety in teenagers."
Alternatives: "seems to be associated with" or "appears to be connected to".
The violent attack appears to be linked with criminal gang activity; a trend observed across the wider issue.
"[T]he lack of pressure from the US administration appears to be linked with the Bahraini government's willingness to escalate," it added.
An inverted trough appeared near Saipan on October 6, which appears to be linked with pre-existing convection within an upper-level cyclone, which appeared as early as October 3.
Thus, some of the peptides generated by IDE digestion of T40 share with synthetic AChE586-599 the unusual characteristic that their surface tension effects are strongly pH dependent, which appears to be linked with the presence of CSR species.
This change in morphology appears to be linked with reduced transpirational water loss in the fruit.
Therefore, elevated β-catenin expression appears to be linked with worse outcome for the patients.
The northern deficit is long-standing – more or less consistent back to the start of the Radio Joint Audience Research System in 1992 – and does not appear to be linked with demographics.
The results revealed variations within two genomic regions that appear to be linked with a canine yen for human contact, within which five genes were identified as being the most likely to be associated with the behaviour.
Important examples are the cancers, especially of the reproductive system, that appear to be linked with disturbances in the balance of the sex hormones, for these disturbances, in turn, may in certain cases be the result of something that affects the ability of the liver to preserve a proper level of the hormones.
In the walking group, the improvement appeared to be linked with increased size of the hippocampus.
Higher levels of air pollution did appear to be linked with onset of a heart attack lasting for six hours after exposure.
