The phrase "as main predictor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are identifying a primary factor or variable that influences an outcome or result.
Example: "In our study, we found that age served as the main predictor of health outcomes among participants."
Alternatives: "as primary predictor" or "as key predictor".
Preoperative HVA was found as main predictor for correction of hallux valgus.
We found the preoperative HVA as main predictor for correction of hallux valgus.
Anthropometric indices were tested separately in logistic regression models as main predictor variables for each outcome variable (Table 4).
Vaccine effectiveness was calculated as IVE = [ 1-OR)x100] and crude odds ratios with relative 95% Confidence Interval (CI) were estimated by conditional logistic regression models, using the dichotomic variables "hospitalizations for influenza or pneumonia" as outcome and "vaccination" as main predictor.
Considering earlier findings among breast cancer patients, the present study supports psychological distress at baseline as main predictor for later distress [ 5, 6] and the absence of influence of breast cancer medical treatment [ 3, 4, 6, 7], including approach for genetic counseling.
In our system, sequence patterns, obtained by developing sequence mining techniques and applying them to credit card data from one major Canadian bank, are employed as main predictors.
As main predictors media system (Swiss vs. US) and the country of origin of the MNCs (home vs. abroad) were defined.
Depression and fatigue were confirmed as main predictors of a poor QoL, whereas clinical disability had a minor unfavourable impact.
a Adjusted for age at diagnosis, race/ethnicity, and Pathways/LACE study origin except in models with age at diagnosis or race/ethnicity as main predictors.
Our multivariate analyses revealed age, somatic comorbidity (ie. number of organic diseases and somatic symptoms) and psychiatric comorbidity as main predictors of different domains of health care costs.
Initial serum creatinine ≥ 175 μmol /L and uncontrolled hypertension (BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg) during follow-up were identified as main predictors of the composite renal outcome with hazard ratios (HR) of 6.1 (95% CI, 2.2 17) and 4.3 (95% CI, 1.4 14) respectively (Table 3).
