Modify Abbreviations

All abbreviations will be coalesced when printing the final table into a single source note.

modify_abbreviation(x, abbreviation, text_interpret = c("md", "html"))

remove_abbreviation(x, abbreviation = NULL)

Arguments

x

(gtsummary)
A gtsummary object

abbreviation

(string)
a string. In remove_abbreviation(), the default value is NULL, which will remove all abbreviation source notes.

text_interpret

(string)
String indicates whether text will be interpreted with gt::md() or gt::html(). Must be "md" (default) or "html". Applies to tables printed with {gt}.

Value

Updated gtsummary object

Examples

# Example 1 ----------------------------------
tbl_summary(
  trial,
  by = trt,
  include = age,
  type = age ~ "continuous2"
) |>
  modify_table_body(~dplyr::mutate(.x, label = sub("Q1, Q3", "IQR", x = label))) |>
  modify_abbreviation("IQR = Interquartile Range")


  
Characteristic
      
Drug A

N = 98
      
Drug B

N = 102
    
Age



    Median (IQR)
46 (37, 60)
48 (39, 56)
    Unknown
7
4
Abbreviation: IQR = Interquartile Range
    

# Example 2 ----------------------------------
lm(marker ~ trt, trial) |>
  tbl_regression() |>
  remove_abbreviation("CI = Confidence Interval")


  
Characteristic
      
Beta
      
95% CI
      
p-value
    
Chemotherapy Treatment





    Drug A
—
—

    Drug B
-0.20
-0.44, 0.05
0.12