confounding factor

基本解釋

We used Cox regression models to estimate the risk of cancer and adjust for potential confounding factors.
我們使用Cox回歸模型來估計(jì)罹患癌癥的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)并根據(jù)潛在的混淆因素進(jìn)行校正。
Adjusting for potential confounding factors, individuals on rosiglitazone had 15% higher rate of death and 13% higher risk of heart failure.
調(diào)整潛在的混雜因素后，服用羅格列酮的病人比服用匹格列酮的病人的死亡率高15％，心衰風(fēng)險(xiǎn)高13％。
In fact, researchers found that post-pregnancy misshaped breasts are a result a several other confounding factors such as high body mass index, older age, and history of smoking.
事實(shí)上，研究者發(fā)現(xiàn)懷孕后胸部變形是由一些其它混雜的原因造成的，例如，高體重指數(shù)，年齡，吸煙歷史。

This result held true even when confounding factors like income levels were accounted for.
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These results remained consistent after adjusting for confounding factors and controlling for other potential sources of bias.
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There are too many confounding factors, and too few school shootings, thank heavens.
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