Statistical Analysis
The statistical analysis was conducted using the statistical software developed by the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics at İnönü University, Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye [19]. Normality tests showed that the measurable variables in all groups did not follow a normal distribution. Therefore, the Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance, a non-parametric test, was used to compare the groups for all variables. The Mann-Whitney-U test with Bonferroni correction was used to compare between the two groups. Statistical significance was considered at p<0.05. The data were presented as mean with 95% confidence interval (lower-upper bound).