Sentences with phrase «confounded by a number of factors»

The quest has been confounded by a number of factors that come into play when designing a complex organ or tissue.

Further, the claim of «modest benefit» was confounded by a number of factors:

Not exact matches

After adjusting for confounding factors such as age, education and occupational status, the researchers found that not only was there a 30 % increased risk of any arrhythmia with the highest number of races completed and the fastest finishing time, but also the risk increased by 10 % between each category for the number of races completed, i.e. there was a 10 % increased risk from the least exposed group of participants (those who completed only one race) to the next group (two races), another 10 % increase in risk to the next group (three - four races) and another 10 % to the most exposed group (five or more races).

«The discordant twin design minimizes a number of potentially confounding factors that may explain the association between childhood verbal ability and subsequent alcohol use by «controlling» for differences on variables [such as] socioeconomic differences or family factors that, if excluded, could cloud the interpretation of findings.»

2) I know sampling sites are chosen to try and limit the number of confounding factors, i.e. studies about precipitation look for trees stressed mostly by water availability.