Public health officials involved in developing nutritional guidelines commission a study to determine how dietary eating patterns influence total body iron stores in children age 5-17. As part of the study, researchers want to assess how 2 independent variables, red meat consumption and egg consumption (both reported in units of ounces/week), affect serum ferritin concentrations while adjusting for age and gender. Which of the following statistical techniques is most helpful for determining the association between the study variables?

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Public health officials involved in developing nutritional guidelines commission a study to determine how dietary eating patterns influence total body iron stores in children age 5-17.  As part of the study, researchers want to assess how 2 independent variables, red meat consumption and egg consumption (both reported in units of ounces/week), affect serum ferritin concentrations while adjusting for age and gender.  Which of the following statistical techniques is most helpful for determining the association between the study variables?

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Regression analysis is used to determine the relationship between independent variables (red meat and egg consumption) and a dependent variable (serum ferritin concentrations), while adjusting for other variables like age and gender.

Public Health Officials Involved in Developing Nutritional Guidelines Commission a Study