Table 2

A hypothetical detailed clinical data table format that could be included as supplemental data with a manuscript; these data for each patient support and extend the data presented in the above summary table

Patient 1

Patient 2

Sex

Male

Female

Age at examination

12 months

12 months

Weight

10.2 kg (approximately 50th centile)

9.8 kg (approximately 50th centile)

Length

75 cm (approximately 50th centile)

73 cm (approximately 50th centile

Head circumference

49.5 cm (> 97th centile)

48.5 cm (> 97th centile)

Interpupillary distance

5.5 cm (> 2 SD)

5.5 cm (> 2 SD)

Inner canthal distance

Increased (subjective)

1.8 cm (normal)

Note that these supplementary clinical data support all of the conclusions in Table 1 by providing raw data. The supplementary data also distinguish objective from subjective findings and Table 1 distinguishes the absence of data on a finding (by using the 'NA' indicator) from a normal finding.

Biesecker BMC Medicine 2010 8:56   doi:10.1186/1741-7015-8-56