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).