What is Sjogren's syndrome? (also known as SIcca's syndrome)
It is an autoimmune disease that affects the various organs (pancreas and the liver) and causes severe dryness in the mouth and eyes. There are various studies on this disease but scientists are still trying to figure out the genetic causes (and/or environmental). A study done in 2013 by Christopher J. Lessard looks at "variants at multiple loci implicated in both innate and adaptive immune responses are associated with Sjögren’s syndrome." The contributors to this study formed some type of database to contain all the information about the disease in one place along with the various case studies.
There are 6 figures in this study display the information of the genotyping of both controls and people that exhibit this disease. The figures show the data in various ways. Figure 1 is very neat and easy to read with minimal colors (black and white) and only pointing out the important things that stood out with some red color. Figure 2 contains 6 images of graphs that display the zoomed in data with more detail that was pointed out in red in Figure 1. Table 1 is a little difficult to read because there are no grids separating out the numbers so it is hard to distinguish the columns and rows. Figure 3 has 9 images of statistical graphs that are all the same color therefore it is not as visually appealing. I am sure that if they had to make a poster they would have made each graph different colors so they stand out more and don't all blend together. Table 2 looks just like Table 1 therefore it is also hard to read. Same thing goes for Table 3
This quick figure analysis has helped me sort out some things not to include on the final poster. Even though I am only comparing the final poster project to a paper, it still provides some insight on things that look good and things that don't
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