Sentence examples for be a confounding effect from inspiring English sources

This result may be a confounding effect of the presence of large pig farms in the area.

Plant phenology can be a confounding effect when evaluating plant response to drought, as developmental stage can affect greatly plant metabolism and hormonal regulation.

However, it remains to be studied whether the HLA-C locus contributes to MS susceptibility in our population, and, if so, whether there may be a confounding effect of LD between HLA-A*02 and HLA-C*05.

We tested whether age could be a confounding effect in the analyses of survival in relation to AOC while discounting the effect of selection, i.e. by analyzing in different repeated-measures mixed models the individuals that were recorded to have survived up to 2, 3 or 4 years (see Methods).

A possible explanation for this discrepancy could be a confounding effect of the variable recall period for IPV.

Thus, in the models described above, there may be a confounding effect between health status and sexual maturation on growth.

One consequence of such a study design is that there is a confounding effect between the sleep-related factor day versus night (circadian effect) and between the factor alert versus sleep deprived (homeostatic effect) [21].

We have further explored this and found that there is a confounding effect with residence.

By employing the use of sodium chloride tablets versus placebo while blinding both the participants and the investigators to the treatment we will be avoiding a confounding effect of changes in other dietary nutrients, while also reducing risk of bias.

Furthermore, the sample size was small (n = 15 for each group), and there was also a confounding effect due to concurrently administered western medications [ 9].

Thus, it would seem reasonable to suggest that the co-evolution of TB cases and their HIV+/PPD− contacts is likely a confounding effect of contact tracing.