“Mean ± SEM” or “Mean (SD)”? - PMC - PubMed Central (PMC)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2959222/
The SEM is correctly used only to indicate the precision of estimated mean of population. Even then however, a 95% confidence interval should be preferred. [ 1, 2] Further, while reporting mean and SD, instead of writing “mean ± SD” the better way of representation would be “mean (SD)” as it will decrease the chance of confusion with ...
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