Table 1
The Number and Content of the Two Types of Correspondence Received by the Authors
| Conventional Mail | ||
| Numbers of authors replying | 55 | 82 |
| Numbers of authors receiving correspondence | 50 | 72 |
| Mean number of correspondences received | 5.7±8.8 | 15.5 ± 32.8* |
| Number (%) of authors receiving comments on the content of the paper | 35 (70) | 38 (53)* |
| Number (%) of authors receiving comments on the methods of the paper | 11 (22) | 15 (21) |
| Number (%) of authors receiving comments on the results of the paper | 26 (52) | 25 (35)* |
| Number (%) of authors receiving comments on the discussion of the paper | 20 (40) | 24 (33) |
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Note: There was significantly more conventional mail than e-mail but a significantly greater proportion of the e-mails were comments on the content of the paper.
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↵* p < 0.05.
