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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a leading consequence of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a primary or significant result or effect of a particular action or event.
Example: "The study revealed that a leading consequence of climate change is the increase in extreme weather events."
Alternatives: "a primary result of" or "a major effect of".
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Re "How to Keep Winter From Taking a Toll on Your Back" (Personal Health, Feb. 8): While back injuries are a leading consequence of snow shoveling, heart attacks are a leading cause of death.
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Later this week Vunipola will meet the RFU, which will remind him of his responsibilities as a leading sporting figure and of the consequences should he post something similar again.
Having lost Britain a leading role in the EU, a consequence of Brexit may ultimately be to break up the nation's union, which has lasted for over three centuries.
In an editorial titled "Enough, Uncle Sam," The News, a leading daily newspaper, warned Friday of "unseen consequences" if the United States continued the strikes inside Pakistan.
Another popular book by a leading physicist about the possibility and consequences of more than three spatial dimensions existing.
A leading race relations campaigner has defended the consequences of colonialism, saying that the empire made Britain a diverse and multiracial modern nation.
Although the first leading consequence code was open wounds of the wrist or hand (S61) in both areas, the other four leading consequence codes differed.
Dangerman No2 has a beard, now greying, maybe an inevitable consequence of leading India for a prolonged period of time.
Regardless of the underlying etiology, most forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are characterized by progressive fibrosis as a final common pathway, which eventually affects all substructures of the kidney leading to a final consequence of end-stage renal disease.
Accordingly, increased pulse pressure, reflecting increased arterial stiffness, may be both a cause and a consequence of microvascular dysfunction, leading to a "vicious cycle" in impaired glucose metabolism as well as arteriosclerosis (9, 19, 20).
They are also major contributors to VEGF and TGF- β production in the peritoneum, providing more stimuli for extracellular matrix (ECM) production (fibrosis) and enhancement of the local vascular networks [ 6], leading to angiogenesis, a third consequence of PD.
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