Statistical analysis
The SPSS® software, version 26.0 (IBM Corporation,
Armonk, New York), was used for statistical analysis. Continuous
variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation, and categorical
variables are presented as absolute numbers and/or percentages.
A linear regression was used to assess statistically significant between
continuous variable, while a chi square test and logistic regression was
used for categorical variables. For all tests, a p -value
<0.05 was considered statistically significant.