The phrase "an underlying characteristic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a fundamental quality or trait that is not immediately visible but influences behavior or outcomes.
Example: "Trust is an underlying characteristic of successful relationships, often determining their longevity."
Alternatives: "a fundamental trait" or "a core quality".
NMF is based on the idea that a mixture is a composite of a number of object basis elements, each of which represents an underlying characteristic of the sources.
A transition from an epithelial-type cell to a mesenchymal-type cell is often considered an underlying characteristic of metastasis.
Renal underexcretion of uric acid has been determined to be an underlying characteristic of gout and is more pronounced in people of Māori and Pacific Island descent, and even more so in patients with hyperuricemia and/or gout [ 3, 4].
Furthermore, combining COPD therapy with other drugs such as statins may be beneficial in targeting systemic inflammation, an underlying characteristic common to both COPD and CHD, offering the potential to further influence disease progression.
The history of the programs, including personnel time invested and ICT systems already in place, may also play an important role in the variability in costs and is an underlying characteristic.
Indeed, the ability to quickly and effortlessly process social cues is an important underlying characteristic of successful social interactions and communication [14] as it allows a continuous interpretation of rapidly changing social signals.
In addition to greater physical activity, more recently it has been demonstrated that higher cardiorespiratory fitness is an important underlying characteristic that also confers protection against cardiometabolic risk in MHO people.
It is a common approach to have a number of items addressing a single underlying characteristic, and to use only one, all-inclusive, self-administered, single, global and item-specific question of each concept may appear to be insufficient.
Along this theory, adoption of risk behaviors such as smoking, drinking, cannabis use and the use of other drugs is the consequence of a single underlying characteristic [ 38], e.g. an affinity to sensation-seeking and risky behaviors [ 39].
This is due to the fact that a crucial underlying characteristic of the Iranian political system is unpredictability.
A single underlying characteristic of the principles was developed in the attempt to provide a detailed guidance to evaluate each component of the clinical interventions focused on QoL assessment.
