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- | ====== Format Tables for Submission ====== | + | ===== Things to keep in mind: ===== |
- | 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' | + | * Most medical journals want tables |
- | Note: These instructions | + | * Do not use grid lines to separate columns. However, 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 |
- | **Table Tips:** | + | |
- | able Tips: | + | * Provide units for any data presented with means or medians. |
- | * | + | * Provide the full spelling of any abbreviations used in the table in a footnote, in alphabetical order. |
- | Do not use grid lines to separate columns. We typically only use grid lines at the very top of the table to separate | + | * Clarify how the data are presented either in the table footnote or in the row or column header. |
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- | Most journals do not allow shading or colors within data tables. | + | ====== |
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