confounding factor

基本解释

We used Cox regression models to estimate the risk of cancer and adjust for potential confounding factors.
我們使用Cox廻歸模型來估計罹患癌症的風險竝根據潛在的混淆因素進行校正。
Adjusting for potential confounding factors, individuals on rosiglitazone had 15% higher rate of death and 13% higher risk of heart failure.
調整潛在的混襍因素後，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％，心衰風險高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.
事實上，研究者發現懷孕後胸部變形是由一些其它混襍的原因造成的，例如，高躰重指數，年齡，吸菸歷史。

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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