Sentence examples for modest decrement from inspiring English sources

As Figure 4a shows basal level of GSH exhibited a modest decrement in untreated cells during 16 h of incubation.

This is akin to soccer match data in which PF torque was reduced postmatch in hot and cool conditions, in association with a decrease in peak twitch torque (∼10%) and a modest decrement in VA (∼1.5%).

For example, muscle from wild-type mice show only a modest decrement in force after eccentric contractions, whereas muscle from mdx mice exhibits large deficits in force, as well as membrane instability and loss of intracellular enzymes.

Exposure was associated with modest decrements in intelligence, small increases in blood pressure, higher risks of proteinuria, small increases in behavior problems, and perturbed hematopoiesis.

The present detailed analysis of the neuropsychological profile associated with type 2 diabetes revealed a pattern of modest decrements in information-processing speed and attention and executive functioning, with a non-significant trend in the same direction for memory.

Although Li et al.'s population was young-old, with a mean age of 62 years (standard deviation, 7), even modest decrements in physical function are linked to changes in behavior (31).

Consistent with this observation are the results of a recent controlled exposure study of asthmatic and healthy young adults (Gong et al. 2004), in which concentrated PM10 2.5 exposures resulted in modest decrements in HRV with no evidence of airway inflammation in induced sputum or changes in exhaled nitric oxide.

This study shows that modest cognitive decrements are already present at the early stage of type 2 diabetes.

Previous studies have reported modest cognitive decrements in patients with type 2 diabetes on tests measuring information-processing speed, attention and executive functioning, and memory with effect sizes between −0.2 and −0.8 in the majority of studies (29).

Second, although the cognitive tests used in our study have previously been shown to be sensitive to diabetes-related changes in cognitive performance in middle-aged individuals (2), our test selection was not exhaustive and inclusion of other tests would possibly have increased the sensitivity to detect modest cognitive decrements in patients with type 2 diabetes.

In summary, the results of the present study indicate that in functionally independent patients with type 2 diabetes cognitive decrements are modest in size and decline is largely within the range of what can be viewed in normal ageing.