The phrase "adjusted by excluding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a modification or calculation that involves removing certain elements or data points from consideration.
Example: "The final budget was adjusted by excluding unnecessary expenses to better reflect our financial priorities."
Alternatives: "modified by omitting" or "altered by removing".
Controlling for confounders was adjusted by excluding children with non-nutritive sucking habits.
We then subtracted that from the total number of deaths from AIDS (nationwide) among those aged 15 years or older in the corresponding year and calculated the AIDS mortality rate adjusted by excluding the avoidable deaths.
To correct for air in emphysematous areas, method 1 was adjusted by excluding the voxels below -910HU, based on reference [ 22 ].
The background for the test was appropriately adjusted by excluding those genes found to be specific for C. albicans without C. dubliniensis orthologs.
As in the prevalence of any psychotropic medication use, concomitant use with ATC-MS data was adjusted by excluding individuals who had ATC-MS dispensed but no other psychotropic medications during the study year.
Even when the groups were adjusted by excluding patients with class II and III obesity from MUO group the risk of metabolic disorders in AO patients had remained (OR = 2.496; 95% CI = 1.127 ÷ 5.524).
Once adjusted by PCR to exclude new infections, treatment failure at day 28 was below 5% for both ACTs in all eight trials for which data was available (eight trials, 3482 participants, Analysis 1.2).
Once adjusted by PCR to exclude new infections, treatment failure at day 28 was below 5% for both ACTs in all eight trials, but lower with DHA-P in two trials from sites with multi-drug resistant P. falciparum (high quality evidence).
Once adjusted by PCR to exclude new infections, treatment failure at day 28 was below 5% for both ACTs in all eight trials, but lower with DHA-P in two trials (PCR-adjusted treatment failure: RR 0.41 95% CI 0.21 to 0.80, eight trials, 3482 participants, high quality evidence).
Wagenaar et al. adjust for outliers by excluding a few estimates, but they fail to address publication bias.
Further analyses adjusted by tumor grade or excluding 6 subjects with emphysema or chronic bronchitis or 3 subjects who received chemotherapy prior to the study were conducted, with essentially unaltered results.
