The phrase "a recent study excluded" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing research findings and indicating that certain data or subjects were not included in the study.
Example: "In the analysis of the data, a recent study excluded participants over the age of 65."
Alternatives: "a recent study omitted" or "a recent study left out".
Although recent studies exclude BMI as a factor in determining the route of hysterectomy, it has been noted that obesity of the buttocks may interfere with the exposure necessary for a VH [ 5].
For example, a recent study was excluded due to the use of different measure of correlation coefficient Kendall tau [ 27].
Further a recent preclinical study excluded unwanted side effects on the endometrium by showing a lack of stimulation of proliferation marker genes by ERr 731® or its constituents in the 3-day uterotrophic assay.
In a recent study, La Joie et al. excluded the white matter from the analysis using a unique mask applied on normalized images in the MNI space for all participants [19].
Office services site, Expert Market, released the results of a recent study* which placed the UK (excluding Scotland) ninth out of 40 countries for having the highest education-to-earnings cost ratio, as parents spend a staggering 40 per cent of their salary on tuition fees throughout their child's time at university.
A recent study used a standard electrode array, excluding the posterior derivations to avoid the impact of the frequent (albeit normal) asymmetry of the posterior dominant rhythm on qEEG values [ 10].
A recent study using cafeteria-style choice trials that excluded visual stimuli and promoted olfactory signals found that three damselfish species consistently avoided bleached coral [35].
In a recent study from Manitoba, Aboriginal potential donors were often excluded due to non-medical reasons, such as loss of contact [ 6].
It therefore is of no surprise that in a recent study the traditional target values for CVP apparently failed to exclude hypovolaemia in patients with HRS[ 13].
We excluded patients treated in clinical trials, in which costs are unknown, although a recent study showed little difference from routine clinical practice (Bennett et al, 2000).
