The phrase "in comparison to controls" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to show a contrast or difference between two groups or situations. Example: The study found that participants with high levels of stress had significantly lower health outcomes in comparison to controls who reported low levels of stress.
In vivo studies showed potent, prolonged analgesia in comparison to controls for all active treatments.
Consequently, the cellular concentrations of TfR proteins were increased by 84% in comparison to controls.
The macromolecule-encapsulated agonist system was found to reduce oxLDL accumulation by 88% in vitro in comparison to controls.
In the vertebral body, microarchitectural characteristics were significantly degraded following one year of ovariectomy in comparison to controls.
For experiment 2, SZ showed a significant decline in associative memory for related but not unrelated category-exemplars in comparison to controls.
Similarly, elevations in bladder compliance were substantially higher in augmented animals from baseline (Group 1: 357%; Group 2: 147%) in comparison to controls (41%).
To evaluate the prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in comparison to controls with similar cardiovascular risk factors.
Conversely, zinc clearance/creatinine clearance ratio (CZn++/Ccr ratio) in diabetic patients differed significantly in comparison to controls, p < 0.05, indicating renal dysfunction in these patients.
In particular, from a structural point of view, treated plants showed root shortening and an advanced differentiation in comparison to controls, later confirmed using light microscopy.
Parthenium vermicompost also induced early flowering and significantly higher number of flowers in ladies finger plants, in comparison to controls.
Hepcidin is upregulated by interleukin-6 (IL-6) in Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) patients in comparison to controls (Hohaus et al., 2010).
