Table 2.

The DISCERN scores of Baidu Encyclopedia and Wikipedia articles on liver diseases.

Year, sections of DISCERN		Baidu Encyclopedia, mean (SE)	Wikipedia, mean (SE)	P value
2016
	Section 1	18.00 (1.040)	26.60 (1.359)	<.001
	Section 2	13.36 (1.023)	15.69 (1.717)	.25
	Section 3	2.273 (0.2389)	2.733 (0.2667)	.21
	Total	33.68 (2.265)	44.67 (3.172)	.009
2019
	Section 1	19.00 (0.9110)	27.88 (0.8892)	<.001
	Section 2	13.36 (1.023)	15.69 (1.717)	.25
	Section 3	2.360 (0.1990)	2.875 (0.2016)	.07
	Total	34.72 (1.943)	46.44 (2.669)	.001