post_table is a Stata package to help with reporting clinical trial results. The package contains two commands, pt_base and pt_sum, that add rows to an open postfile, which can then be turned into tables for microsoft word with putdocx, or into another document format with another second stage package.
To install via stata enter the following command:
net install post_table, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GForb/post_table_base/master") replace
See the do files in the Examples folder for syntax and examples of how to create word documents with from your do file.
An example workflow using the package to create a baseline table is:
use data, clear
*Opening postfile and posting header rows
tempname postname
postfile `postname' str100(col col2 col3 col4 col5) using Table_1, replace
post `postname' ("") ("Intervention") ("") ("Control") ("")
post `postname' ("Variable") ("N") ("Summary") ("N") ("Summary")
*post_table command
pt_base age bmi qol ethnicity smoking alcohol , post(`postname') n_analysis(cols) over(treat) su_label(append) order(group_treat)
postclose `postname'
*Creating table in Micorosoft Word
use Table_1.dta, clear
cap putdocx clear
putdocx begin
putdocx table Table_1 = data(_all)
putdocx table Table_1(.,.), font(calibri, 9) border(all, single, lightgray, 0.5pt)
putdocx table Table_1(1,2), colspan(2) // merging header cells
putdocx table Table_1(1,3), colspan(2) // merging header cells
putdocx table Table_1(1 2,.), bold
putdocx table Table_1(.,2 (1) 5), halign(center)
putdocx save Table_1, replaceNote: If you want to use superscripts or subscripts in tables the unicode characters can be copied from the line below or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts
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