title: Preparation of tables for medical articles: guidelines for physician-authors.
abstract: This review of the basic purposes and principles of tables is oriented toward their preparation by physician-authors for use in medical manuscripts. The guidelines suggested are consistent with the general format and style current in scientific and medical writing, with emphasis upon the latter. Style and usage do evolve, though, and even at any given time there may be in existence several acceptable variations of "standard" practices. Therefore, the value of style of the journal to which a manuscript will be submitted is again emphasized.
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D010820:Physicians