The phrase "associated with a modest decrease of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing a relationship between two variables, particularly in research or analytical writing.
Example: "The study found that the new treatment was associated with a modest decrease of symptoms in patients."
Alternatives: "linked to a slight reduction in" or "connected with a small decline in".
Serum PFNA levels were associated with a modest decrease in the prevalence of a self-reported learning problem.
The salient differences in lipid content between both cell stages is the cholesterol/PL ratio, which reflects the twofold increase of cholesterol quantities associated with a modest decrease in PL content in the vertebrate form.
Indeed, both relocalization of PABPs to the nucleus after UV exposure and reduction of cytoplasmic PABP levels by siRNA knockdown are associated with a modest decrease in global protein synthesis.
In our exploratory analyses, we found that a longer proportion of time on metformin daily dose ≥1,000 mg was associated with an increased PCa incidence and that a longer proportion of time on higher statin daily dose was associated with a modest decrease in PCa incidence.
Breast feeding is associated with a modest decrease in risk for breast cancer, above and beyond that associated with multiple pregnancies (4% for every 12 months of breast feeding) [ 12].
In high risk HIV uninfected MSM who report unprotected anal intercourse with both seroconcordant and serodiscordant partners, serosorting was associated with a modest decreased risk of HIV infection.
The cost per sex worker served decreased with increasing number of sex workers served annually by a programme, and this was associated with a modest trend of decrease in time spent with each sex worker in some programmes.
In this study, addition of dapagliflozin to pioglitazone was associated with a modest further decrease in blood pressure beyond the effect of pioglitazone alone in the absence of any ill effects such as hypotensive events or measured orthostatic hypotension.
Importantly, an inverse dose response relation was evident; modest intake of about 10 mg per day of isoflavones was associated with a modest 12% decrease in breast cancer risk.
As illustrated by Figure 6A, the increase in AAG was associated with only a modest decrease in toxicity since it was also associated with a decrease in docetaxel CL.
