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A "confounding factor" is defined as one which is associated both with exposure and disease, and is distributed unequally in study and control groups. More specifically a "confounding factor" is one that, although associated with "exposure" under investigation, is Itself, independently of any such association, a "risk factor" for the disease. Ref : Park 23rd edition Pgno : 72