modify_abbreviation: Modify Abbreviations

In gtsummary: Presentation-Ready Data Summary and Analytic Result Tables

Modify Abbreviations

Description

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

Usage

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

remove_abbreviation(x, abbreviation)

Arguments

x	(gtsummary) A gtsummary object
abbreviation	(string) a string
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")

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

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