"lower number of cases" is correct and usable in written English.
You might use it for example when describing a decrease in the number of occurrences of something, such as: "The government's new policies have resulted in a lower number of cases of air pollution."
This trend to recede in a lower number of cases than MO has been transversely confirmed [5, 13, 14], with rare exceptions [16].
In addition, there was an increasing trend in median platelet count and a lower number of cases with severe thrombocytopenia (<50 × 109/L) in the noninvasive compared with the invasive treatment group (median platelet count, 92 and 31 × 109/L, respectively).
He added that a lower number of cases in 2014 led to officials taking an "overly relaxed" approach for this season.
"I would say [Insite has] a lower number of cases of Hep C reported, but I don't think we can directly attribute that to Insite," she told VICE News.
In contrast, all previous studies were based on lower number of cases and are likely underpowered and may thus represent results of type I errors.
However, the 75th percentile after IDSR implementation is greater than some of the median values before IDSR, indicating that IDSR implementation does not always equate with lower number of cases (Figures 2 and 3).
But in April, researchers at the widely respected Center for Global Development CGDD) in Washington, D.C., triggered a fierce debate among malaria experts when they wrote in a blog post that they couldn't find a single study with convincing data that showed how a large-scale intervention directly led to lower numbers of cases or deaths.
Statistically this may reduce the power of the analysis due to lower numbers of cases.
Including smoking and alcohol parameters resulted in lower numbers of cases and controls due to missing data in the questionnaires.
ORs did not change substantially, but the OR for the risk haplotype FtCA was no longer significant because of lower numbers of cases and controls.
Despite the relatively small numbers, male rates among American Indians/Alaska Natives were intermediate compared with those of Whites and Blacks for total oesophageal cancer, SCC, and ADC; rates among female American Indians/Alaska Natives were similar to those of Whites, although based on much lower numbers of cases.
