The phrase "a probable factor of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing potential influences or causes related to a particular outcome or situation.
Example: "The lack of funding was identified as a probable factor of the project's failure."
Alternatives: "a likely contributor to" or "a possible cause of".
This GnRH disturbance is accompanied with an increase in follicular phase length and a decrease in luteal phase secretion in animal [ 5] and human [ 6]. High level of serum cortisol due to physiological stress induced by exercise can be a probable factor in suppression of gonadotropin pulsatility in female athletes [ 7, 8].
Cite this article: Bone Joint Res 2014 3:203–11 It has long been acknowledged that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a probable factor in the onset and progression of osteoarthritis.
(Where, oh where, our fleeting "post-racial" moment of Kumbaya?) I mentioned that timing was also a probable factor in this brouhaha.
Perhaps, the respective guardians saw the symptoms of AC as normal; poverty could also be a probable factor.
Both ADIPOQ and AGRP are involved in the same KEGG pathway of TNF α, which is a protein considered to be a probable prognostic factor of AD and recently mentioned in several works [ 2, 4, 18].
We previously identified oxidative stress as a probable causative factor in disruption of trafficking of small molecules through the astrocytic network in experimental diabetes (Gandhi et al., 2010), and amyloid-β exacerbates the generation of ROS in brain vascular endothelial cells (Burdo et al., 2009).
Priming of neutrophils has been suggested to be a probable causative factor in the onset of AS, and increased production of reactive oxygen species and MMPs from these cells may lead to tissue damage in AS [ 53].
Based on these estimates, the patient's workplace was considered a probable contributing factor to his development of lung cancer.
Our survey of biological therapy for RA also revealed that pre-existing ILD is a probable risk factor in the onset of further ILD events.
Another probable factor preventing the use of influenza vaccines in pediatrics is that those currently licensed for use in children are parenteral (two injections for children <9 years of age being vaccinated for the first time) and require annual administration to maintain protection (1, 3, 27 ).
