directly_associated_with 2009-08-26T02:50:08Z Example: 'Lewy bodies increased number related to dystrophic neurite increased number' (from annotation of PMID:8740227 in http://ccdb.ucsd.edu/1.0/NDPO.owl#ndpo_404). Here the increase in the number of lewy bodies is directly_associated_with the increase in the number of dystrophic neurites. Association is weaker than correlation or proportionality. These relations may be later added to PATO. cjm directly_associated_with q1 directly_associated_with q2 iff q1 is dependent on q2, and the magnitude of q1 increases if the magnitude of q2 is increased, or the magnitude of q1 decreases if the magnitude of q2 is decreased. The relationship is not necessarily linear. quality quality