Sentence examples for minimises possible confounding from inspiring English sources

53 Choosing controls with no history of fever minimises possible confounding from any concurrent acute illness.

In the present study, we aimed to minimise possible confounding by controlling for key covariables.

To minimise possible confounding from synchronous or metachronous cancer diagnoses, patients with multiple primaries were excluded.

In an attempt to minimise possible confounding factors, we included in our analysis clinical parameters clearly related to patients' outcome.

A counterbalanced study design is the preferred method for assessing usability because it employs a balanced presentation of the conditions being tested to minimise possible confounding factors [ 42].

Fifthly, the availability of an internal comparison group may have minimised possible confounding by any factors correlated with treatment-seeking behaviour, because women who attended the two reproductive endocrinology practices are likely to differ from the general population in several respects.

In the present study we aimed to minimise possible confounding by controlling for key covariables (including age, sex, smoking, alcohol intake, marital status and wealth as a marker of social status) and reduce the risk of reverse causality by removing participants with prevalent disease at baseline.

However, by excluding smokers, subjects with concurrent respiratory disease and other causes of cough, we attempted to minimise the possible confounding factor of mucus in the distal airways stimulating mechanical receptors, although this cannot be entirely ruled out.

In all cases, it is very important to minimise possible sources of confounding factors.

Moreover, all scans were acquired before any dopaminergic medication was initiated to reduce possible confounding effects.

This permutation controls for many possible confounding effects.