The phrase "leading determinant" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a factor or element that has the most influence or is primarily responsible for a certain outcome or result. Example: In this study, we have identified three leading determinants of employee satisfaction: work-life balance, salary, and job autonomy.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading determinant of mortality and morbidity in women.
In the two countries with significant sectarian diversity, Iraq and Lebanon, sectarian identity was a leading determinant of voting behavior.
Although slightly diminished by globalization today, occupational segregation is still the leading determinant of gender inequality in terms of earnings (Guachat 2012).
In Simeon et al.'s study in 2007, in healthy individuals, childhood trauma was identified as the leading determinant of psychological resilience, and there was a strong inverse relationship between the two.
To the Editor: Severe immunosuppression is the leading determinant host factor for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) (1 ).
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00298220 Alcohol consumption is a leading determinant for the global burden of disease [ 1].
Price declines, resetting rates and job losses are the leading determinants of foreclosures, which totaled 739,714 in the second quarter of 2008, according to RealtyTrac, an Irvine, Calif.-based brokerage.
Risk factors are the leading determinants of patient pathways and related recommendations; one or more risk factors identify patients who are more likely to experience disease progression and/or complications (grade A) [ 75– 75].
* 5th to 95th percentile of the probabilistic estimates The leading determinants of the cost-effectiveness results were, case fatality, vaccine price, vaccine efficacy, serotype prevalence, and annual loss of efficacy.
Using an alternative formulation the correlations are recalculated leading to a determinant identity reminiscent of Szego's Theorem.
Self-perceived functional limitations constitute a central determinant leading to the utilization of health services.
