The phrase "are explained to indicate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how certain information or concepts are clarified to convey a specific meaning or point.
Example: "The results of the study are explained to indicate the correlation between diet and health outcomes."
Alternatives: "are clarified to show" or "are detailed to demonstrate".
The study was explained to potential participants, who indicated consent by returning questionnaires.
The study was explained to all potential participants, who indicated consent by returning the enrollment questionnaire.
Initial results are explained, indicating the relevance of each database and quantifying the overlap among them.
This supports wider CONNECT study findings showing that parents' initial concerns can change when the reasons for deferring consent are explained, 22 and indicates the importance of practitioner communication 47 in deferred consent discussions.
To add to their suspicions, some traces of low-enriched uranium found in Iran have yet to be explained, and may indicate more enrichment work than has been owned up to.
The increase in fluoroquinolone prescribing has not been explained, but audits indicate that it is commonly used to treat serious nosocomial gram-negative infection (38).
These results could be explained as indicated by Chaffer and Weinberg that spread to other sites occurs mostly via the blood stream [ 6].
Moreover, a significant portion of the total variance can be explained, which indicates a good model fit.
After the study aims were explained, participants who indicated that they could confidently manage to wear two pairs of glasses gave informed consent and had subsequent assessments of vision and physical functioning before randomisation into the study.
The modifying effect of O 3 can possibly be explained by findings indicating that lung epithelial permeability increases with exposure to O3 (Blomberg et al. 2003), thus making the body more susceptible to intrusion of particulate matter.
