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The phrase "controlling for variables" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used in a scientific or academic context to describe the process of taking into account and adjusting for certain factors that may influence the outcome of a study or experiment. Example: "In order to accurately measure the effects of the new drug, we conducted the study multiple times, controlling for variables such as age, gender, and pre-existing medical conditions."
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But the association remained strong even after controlling for variables including heart disease and socioeconomic status.
After controlling for variables, the researchers found a "significant" and "consistent" link between smoking and early graying.
After controlling for variables including body mass index, age, hormone therapy and whether they had been pregnant, the researchers found that women who had less than two drinks a day had no increased risk of endometrial cancer.
Controlling for variables that may influence the relationship between ATD, AO, AFP, SEP, and AI helps to minimize unrelated effects.
These strategies mostly involve controlling for variables in order to obtain information on their effects on the outcome.
To assess the efficacy of ONSD as a predictor of raised ICP and to determine whether predictive value can be improved by controlling for variables measurable on CT.
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It is meant to control for variables like poverty and family background.
The researchers interviewed nearly 2,000 people hospitalized for heart attacks over a five-year period and controlled for variables like health and history of disease.
Those with the highest levels of alpha-carotene were more likely to have survived, even after the scientists controlled for variables like age and smoking.
All models control for variables listed in Table 3 Source: MAFE-Senegal.
Panel data allows us to control for variables we cannot observe or measure like variables that change over time but not across countries [22].
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