The phrase "are predictive of death" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing factors, indicators, or signs that suggest a likelihood of death occurring.
Example: "Certain health conditions and lifestyle choices are predictive of death, highlighting the importance of preventive care."
Alternatives: "indicative of mortality" or "foretelling death".
Background: Persistent and multiple organ failure (POF and MOF) are predictive of death in acute pancreatitis (AP).
BACKGROUND: Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), high-sensitivity troponin, and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels are predictive of death and cardiovascular events in healthy elderly subjects, patients with acute coronary syndrome, and patients with heart failure.
CONCLUSIONS: Several readily available echocardiographic parameters are predictive of death and when added to clinical examination findings significantly improve the ability to determine prognosis among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
RV hypertrophy, ventricular dysfunction and atrial tachyarrhythmias are predictive of death and sustained VT in adults with repaired TOF.
9 Furthermore, plasma TNF-α concentrations are predictive of death and recurrent ischaemic events following AMI. 10 We have previously demonstrated that TNF-α mediates vascular inflammation with potentially beneficial pro-fibrinolytic effects; however, it is associated with adverse inhibitory effects on endothelium-dependent vasodilatation.
Conversely, lung water amount indexed with predicted body weight measured on day 1 of ARDS was found to be predictive of death in another study [6].
Conversely, lung water amount indexed with predicted body weight measured on day 1 of ARDS was found to be predictive of death in another study [ 6].
More recently, BNP elevation has been demonstrated with septic shock and is predictive of death.
The toe-to-room temperature gradient was predictive of death due to MOF at H6 with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.76 [0.65; 0.86].
Based on an univariate analysis, only the presence of neuro-respiratory (p = 0.02), renal (p = 0.02) and liver (p = 0.05) failure on admission was predictive of death.
Other studies either found PAP not to be predictive of death or else did not specifically examine for a relationship [5],[5]–[5]],[5]].
