The phrase "a likely predictor of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that is expected to indicate or forecast a particular outcome or result.
Example: "Research suggests that regular exercise is a likely predictor of improved mental health."
Alternatives: "a probable indicator of" or "a strong sign of".
The presence of subclinical atherosclerosis is a likely predictor of cardiovascular events; however, factors associated with the early stages and progression of atherosclerosis are poorly defined.
This suggests that pS6RP is a highly sensitive biomarker of any rapamycin exposure, but not likely a biomarker of effective exposure or a likely predictor of future clinical response.
Therefore, SOX9 hypermethylation was identified to be a likely predictor of poor outcome.
These results indicate that for patients with HCC with a low AFP level, Cx43- expression is a likely predictor of early recurrence and a poor prognosis.
In conclusion, preliminary data suggest that monitoring of cerebral saturation during CPR seems a likely predictor of both ROSC and neurological outcome and that it might have a role guiding CPR interventions.
Although none of the patients with leiomyosarcoma in this study underwent FDG-PET/CT imaging, other studies have shown that leiomyosarcomas are also FDG avid and that the SUVmax from FDG-PET is a likely predictor of tumour behaviour.
Preoperatively high HbA1C appears a more likely predictor of poor glycemic control.
But the statistics are stark -- all other things being equal, the single most likely predictor of whether a defendant gets the death penalty is race.
"The most likely predictor of that is exposure to a kind of ideology," Knowles said.
The second aspect of this trial was an assessment of likely predictors of toxicity in patients treated with capecitabine.
GA is a feature selection method that identifies variables that are most likely predictors of a given binary outcome.
