Example sentences for: confounders

How can you use “confounders” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This study accounted for age but ignored other confounders and covariates such as socioeconomic status, occupation, risk behaviors (such as smoking and diet) and ethnicity.

  • The parity of the mother (the number of live births) was treated as a categorical variable (1, 2, or >2) and dummy variables for parity 2 and >2 were included as potential confounders.

  • Furthermore, regarding the potential effect of uncontrolled - unknown confounders, we tried to reduce it using the same study base, both for patients and controls.

  • Additional clinical or biological measurements of interest that might be potential confounders of the results should also be identified at this time, although other factors may be recognized during the evaluation or data collection phase of the meta-analysis.

  • ORs were adjusted for potential confounders, including age, education, and packyears of cigarettes smoked.


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