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- | This document provides tips and tricks for creating and formatting data tables, as well as examples of good tables we have created for previous projects. In general, the journal' | + | ===== Things |
- | Note: These instructions | + | * Most medical journals want tables made in Word and not Excel. |
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- | Do not use grid lines to separate columns. We typically only use grid lines at the very top of the table to separate the row headers from the data, and at the very bottom to signify the end of the table. | + | * Provide units for any data presented with means or medians. |
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- | Most journals do not allow shading or colors within | + | * Clarify how the data are presented either in the table footnote or in the row or column header. |
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