The phrase "a probable factor for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing potential causes or influences related to a specific outcome or situation.
Example: "The lack of funding was identified as a probable factor for the project's failure."
Alternatives: "a likely contributor to" or "a possible reason for".
A 2013 article, "The Problem With Rich Kids," by Yale psychologist Suniya Luthar, noted that privileged children experience serious levels of depression and anxiety at twice the national rates, noting the pressure for "high-octane achievement" as a probable factor.
But the police said high speed was a probable factor in the accident, which occurred at 4 50 a.m. and involved no other moving vehicle.
(Where, oh where, our fleeting "post-racial" moment of Kumbaya?) I mentioned that timing was also a probable factor in this brouhaha.
Thus the structure of the deposited fibrin has become significant and is viewed as a probable risk factor for increased affinity for cardiovascular events in subjects with atherosclerosis [ 19].
Inadequate physical activity is a probable risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer [ 3] and is one of the few known risk factors that is modifiable.
In the context of eating disorders, risk factors for oesophageal cancer may occur against a background of chronic nutritional deficiency [7], itself a probable risk factor for oesophageal cancer [6].
Combining the single embryo and endosperm sequencing of the hybrid kernel between regular (Zheng58) and inducer (CAU5) lines at 9 days after pollination (DAP), we conclude that chromosome fragmentation starting around the mitotic stage of pollen development is a probable key factor for HI.
Our study found HIV prevalence to be much higher in MSM with current syphilis and syphilis was shown as a probable risk factor for HIV infection.
In particular, LINE-1 is a probable contributing factor for chromosomal aberrations and the progression of MM under conditions of global hypomethylation.
