I'm new to gtsummary (thanks to the developers for such a great package!).
I've used tbl_stack to stack two tables from my "malawi" dataset- one with stats summarised as Medians ("baselines_eg" baselines_eg_pic), and one with stats summarised as Means ("bloods_eg" bloods_eg_pic). tbl_stack automatically uses the headers and footer for the first object only when combined (combined_tables). However, as they're different tests used I wanted to have both within the footnote, without it looking messy.
I tried using modify_table_styling but that seems to limit to number of rows allowed (and doesn't look 'nice'); I tried using add_stat_label to the second object but again it doesn't 'look nice.'
Is there a way that I can add the superscript number to the second table's group_header and footnote it neatly please (and preferably in an easily reproduceable way for future possible stacks?).
Many thanks.
Edited to add examples.
baselines_eg <- malawi %>%
dplyr::select(ptsex, calc_age, days_unwell) %>%
tbl_summary(by = ptsex, missing = "no",
label = list(
ptsex ~ "Sex",
calc_age ~ "Age",
days_unwell ~ "Days Unwell")) %>%
modify_header(label ~ "**Variable**") %>%
modify_caption("**Table X. Patient Characteristics**") %>%
modify_header(all_stat_cols() ~ "**{level}**<br>N = {n} ({style_percent(p)}%)")
bloods_eg <- malawi %>%
dplyr::select(ptsex, Haemoglobin, Haematocrit, MCV, Platelets) %>%
tbl_summary(by = ptsex, missing = "no",
statistic = list(Haemoglobin ~ "{mean} ({sd})",
Haematocrit ~ "{mean} ({sd})",
MCV ~ "{mean} ({sd})",
Platelets ~ "{mean} ({sd})"),
label = list(
ptsex ~ "Sex",
Haemoglobin ~ "Haemoglobin (g/dL)",
Haematocrit ~ "Haematocrit (L/L)",
Platelets ~ "Platelets (10^9^/L)")) %>%
modify_header(label ~ "**Variable**") %>%
#add_stat_label() %>%
modify_caption("**Table X. Sequenced Patient Characteristics**") %>%
modify_header(all_stat_cols() ~ "**{level}**<br>N = {n} ({style_percent(p)}%)")
tbl_stack(list(baselines_eg, bloods_eg), group_header = c("Baseline Characteristics", "Blood Results")) %>%
as_gt() %>%
gt::tab_style(
style = gt::cell_text(weight = "bold"),
locations = gt::cells_row_groups(groups = everything()))