0 present participle of confound --
1 to confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation: --
The singer confounded her critics with a remarkable follow-up album.
An elderly man from Hull has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead.
We chose to use only the two specific items to reduce the likelihood of confounding by other conditions.
In order to overcome this limitation, all comparisons were carried out controlling for possible confounding variables.
In order to minimize the potential of drug use confounding the results, comparisons were made between patients with and without medication.
The women in such studies are at varying stages of disease and treatment, confounding cross-study comparisons of quality of life.
Another confounding factor is the lack of rigour in assaying the endpoint of maturation - the production of a fertilizable egg.
Another confounding factor on the generalizability of trials is the drug's eventual applicability in different ethnic populations.
Another complication involves confounding the experimental manipulation with other influences on trial outcomes.
Logistic regression was then applied to obtain maximumlikelihood estimates of the effect of exposures on the outcome of interest whilst controlling for confounding.
