Sentence examples for minimizing confounding effects from inspiring English sources

This time point was found to be optimal in order to obtain reliable blood pressure measurements while minimizing confounding effects due to compensatory mechanisms.

On the other hand, they all share the same general ecological niche, thus minimizing confounding effects of divergent evolutionary adaptation.

The period of the melatonin rhythm was assessed in a 9-d forced desynchrony protocol, minimizing confounding effects of sleep-wake and light-dark cycles on circadian rhythmicity.

One – four biopsies (median 3 biopsies), approximately 5 × 5 × 5 mm in size, were used in the microarray analyses of each tumor, minimizing confounding effects caused by intratumor heterogeneity in gene expressions and copy numbers [ 21].

Although ERCC RNA standards do not directly provide information on the performance of biomarker-specific assays, a panel of multiple standards, such as that used here provides a robust means of evaluating platform performance by minimizing confounding effects resulting from differences in assay performance due to individual primer and probe specificity.

The major strengths of our study include the large sample size and the comparison of black and white populations of similar socioeconomic status and comparable health care access, thus allowing examination of mortality effects of statins by race while minimizing confounding effects related to socioeconomic status.

To minimize confounding effects of racing over obstacles only horses with performance records in Flat races were considered for inclusion in the principal study cohorts.

When possible, related pairs of plants were collected from the same location to minimize confounding effects due to local conditions (see Table 1), however, this was not possible for four of the comparisons.

Taking these matters into account and trying to minimize confounding effects, we set out to perform a high resolution, genome-wide CNV screen in a genetically homogeneous Dutch autism cohort, followed by subsequent candidate gene selection of the genes in these CNVs using a novel bioinformatics tool, Prioritizer.

Exclusion criteria were aimed to minimize confounding effects on sarcopenia.

Conditioned medium (CM) was collected from hepatocytes cultured with 0.1% FBS to minimize confounding effects from factors present in serum [ 16].