Sentence examples for been a confounding variable from inspiring English sources
Medication use might have been a confounding variable because manipulation of the serotonin system, which is a common antidepressant treatment, produces specific alterations in the ability to recognize fear [62].
Moreover, increased age may have been a confounding variable contributing to the high incidence of AKI in the Corral and colleagues study.
Fiber intake, which sometimes has been a confounding variable in determining the potential advantages of a low glycemic index diet, was similar in both groups.
In the experiments on rich medium, both parents, which carry different genetic markers, were used to make focal cells, which could potentially have been a confounding variable.
As there is evidence that a slowing of muscle contraction occurs with age [ 10], the difference in age between the groups in that study may have been a confounding variable.
The relatively lower age of the HIVe compared with HIVi and HIVn patients may have been a confounding variable as the HIVe children may not have had a fully developed immune system.
We established the HPV status of the cohort using a gold standard test and identified that the presence of HPV was unlikely to be a confounding variable in our analysis.
That's a confounding variable that sociologists and other researchers who follow issues with minority scientists will increasingly contend with, she said.
I wonder, however, if there is a confounding variable in that kids with cell phones are much more likely (I'm guessing) to live in an urban area, where radio waves from towers, other cell phones, wi-fi, and so on are much more prevalent.
We therefore speculate that the ASA-PS score is the independent risk factor for the postoperative mortality in the patients with hip fracture and that age is a confounding variable having an effect on ASA-PS score.
