The phrase "and the predictor of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that forecasts or indicates a future event or outcome.
Example: "The study highlights the importance of early intervention as a key factor and the predictor of long-term success in education."
Alternatives: "and the forecaster of" or "and the indicator of".
An operational definition of confounding was used, that is, variables that were associated with both the outcome and the predictor of interest, and were not part of the causal chain.
We used a backward elimination procedure (Grafen and Hails 2002), where we removed the least significant predictor from each model, until we had a reduced model with significant predictors and the predictor of main interest, treatment.
For each of the four depression measures (PHQ-9 ≥10, probable major depression, probable minor depression, and continuous PHQ-9 score), we ran a series of separate proportional hazards regressions models where the outcome is the time until first occurrence of each event and the predictor of interest is the measure of depression.
The method for applying decision curves to censored data had little bias and coverage was excellent; for competing risk, decision curves were appropriately affected by the incidence of the competing risk and the association between the competing risk and the predictor of interest.
However, the duration of physical impairment after hospital discharge secondary to critical illness and the predictors of severity remain unclear.
This study explores the UREs of STEM students and the predictors of participation based on student characteristics.
To review the results of 78 revision stapedotomies, determining the causes of failure and the predictors of surgical success.
Further studies are needed to investigate causal factors of these associations and the predictors of morbidity and mortality among patients presenting to African EDs.
We believe that reporting experience from diverse centers is important to expand the knowledge and the predictors of benefit from ECMO support in patients with Legionella pneumonia.
The purpose of this study is to determine the rate of disengagement from a three year FE treatment program and the predictors of disengagement.
The aims of this study were to evaluate the incidence of liver metastasis, postoperative mortality, and the predictors of longterm survival.
