How much precision in reporting statistics is enough?

Depending on the accuracy of the tools we employ in our research, each variable is measured within a certain degree of precision. For example, in most clinical studies on adults, age is measured in years. Generally, measuring the age with more accuracy in such studies is neither necessary nor of any particular importance. However, we might measure blood pH in the same study with two or even three digits after the decimal point because minute changes in blood pH are associated with serious clinical implications. Statistical software programs commonly used in the analysis of research data, however, calculate the results with a predefined precision, say, three digits after the decimal point, no matter how accurately the raw data were measured. Therefore, the software would report the mean of both of the mentioned variables, age and pH, with three digits after the decimal point.