Tweet metrics by typea
| Tweet Type No. | Variable | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJNR case | |||||
| 173 | URL clicks | 54.6 | 38.6 | 7 | 205 |
| Retweets | 4.6 | 3.7 | 0 | 19 | |
| Likes | 4.9 | 4.6 | 0 | 20 | |
| Replies | 1.6 | 4.3 | 0 | 33 | |
| AJNR article | |||||
| 366 | URL clicks | 18.1 | 18.0 | 0 | 140 |
| Retweets | 5.0 | 4.9 | 0 | 39 | |
| Likes | 6.3 | 6.7 | 0 | 59 | |
| Replies | 1.5 | 4.3 | 0 | 32 | |
| Other | |||||
| 362 | URL clicks | 7.3 | 9.4 | 0 | 56 |
| Retweets | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Likes | 3.0 | 3.6 | 0 | 22 | |
| Replies | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0 | 14 |
Note:–Min indicates minimum; Max, maximum
↵a Across tweet-type categories, there was a significant difference among the mean URL-click-retweet differences (P < .001) and among the mean URL-click-like differences (P < .001), which was greater for cases compared with articles for both differences (P < .001). Within each tweet-type category, the mean number of URL clicks was significantly greater than that of retweets (P < .001) and likes (P < .001).