'had greater declines' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when referring to things that experienced a greater reduction or drop than other things. For example, "The Nasdaq had greater declines than the Dow Jones in the fourth quarter of 2020."
Firefighters over all had greater declines than medical workers.
Students retained at the end of 5th grade had greater declines in all self‐perceptions.
For much of the 2013 melt season, low pressure dominated the Central Arctic Ocean and Greenland, leading to cloudier and cooler conditions compared to previous years that had greater declines in sea ice.
African Americans had larger cognitive declines than Whites on all outcomes, while Hispanics had greater declines on the TICS-7 than Whites.
Interestingly, similarly to the ST findings, the effect of equipment was also negative but reversed, meaning, those who were more active had greater declines in MVPA.
The general decedent effect was that AHEAD participants who died before the end of the observation period had greater declines in cognitive function than those who survived, or than those who left fee-for-service Medicare for Medicare managed care plans.
Forrest et al. analyzed data from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) and found that, over 10 years, diabetes patients had greater decline in walking speed and ability to complete 5 chair stands, compared to their non-diabetic counterparts [55].
African Americans had greater cognitive decline than Whites on all three outcomes, while Hispanics had greater decline than Whites but only on the TICS-7.
Similarly, MCI subjects who progressed to AD 1 year later presented as more impaired on financial capacity at baseline and had greater decline than nonprogressors [ 29].
(ii) Across all N+ definitions, N+ subjects tended to be older, more often male and APOE4 carriers, nominally less educated, and performed less well on the MMSE and AVLT at baseline and had greater decline in AVLT over time than N− subjects.
Compared with their white counterparts, African American adolescents have greater declines in levels of physical activity with increasing age and are less likely to participate in organized sports (56).
