The phrase "are weakly associated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe a relationship or correlation between two variables or concepts that is not strong or definitive.
Example: "The results of the study indicate that the two factors are weakly associated, suggesting that other variables may play a more significant role."
Alternatives: "are loosely connected" or "have a slight correlation".
On the other hand, PFP-BP or MF)-FAM0.25 used many GO term associations, including ones that are weakly associated, with a conditional PFP-BP orty of 0.25 or higher.
On the other hand, if associated factors of a disease are not well documented, the factors are weakly associated to the disease with few factors displaying a high level of association (Disease X versus Disease Y as shown in the Figure 2).
However, there remains a substantial population of neurons in the motor cortex that have much higher levels of coordination among themselves, but are weakly associated with body movements.
The two main community trait axes that capture half of the global trait variation (plant stature and resource acquisitiveness) reflect the trade-offs at the species level but are weakly associated with climate and soil conditions at the global scale.
Previously we have shown that the VH and VL fragments of an anti-hen egg lysozyme (HEL) antibody HyHEL-10 are weakly associated but can be driven together by antigen.
This can result in pairing colors with objects that are weakly associated if it results in better overall pairings for all objects considered.
Affection status was weakly associated with rs6994992 genotypes and trended towards association under a recessive model.
Interestingly, overcrowding was weakly associated with other deprivation markers in adulthood, with associations being stronger for childhood overcrowding.
Likewise, stavudine and zidovudine were weakly associated with higher 2-h glucose, and their associations did not reach statistical significance.
Unawareness of intake goals was weakly associated with drinking 1129 mL less water each day(p=0.1).
Moreover, the quality dimension was weakly associated with better performance in a knowledge test.
