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. 2018 Sep 24;8(9):e021753. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021753

Table 2.

Author, reviewer and reader perspectives on the value of additional tables of data, completed checklists for reporting guidelines and raw study data by group*†

Group No/total no (%) most useful to
To journal editors To peer reviewers To readers
Additional tables of data
 Authors 29/819 (4) 187/819 (23) 564/819 (69)
 Reviewers 32/1142 (3) 384/1142 (34) 662/1142 (58)
 Readers 25/911 (3) 172/911 (19) 659/911 (72)
 Overall 68/2872 (3) 743/2872 (26) 1885/2872 (66)
Completed checklists for reporting guidelines
 Authors 365/819 (45) 291/819 (36) 96/819 (12)
 Reviewers 453/1142 (40) 414/1142 (36) 186/1142 (16)
 Readers 340/911 (37) 394/911 (43) 117/911 (13)
 Overall 1158/2872 (40) 1099/2872 (38) 399/2872 (14)
Raw study data
 Authors 120/819 (15) 309/819 (38) 276/819 (34)
 Reviewers 207/1142 (18) 767/1142 (35) 385/1142 (34)
 Readers 119/911 (13) 387/911 (42) 283/911 (31)
 Overall 446/2872 (16) 1093/2872 (38) 944/2872 (33)

*Percentages do not sum to 100% across each row because some respondents did not answer every question.

†A table showing the responses for all types of supplementary material is given in our online supplementary material.