Statistical analysis
The comparative analysis of the quantitative data was performed with the Student’s t-test for independent groups (unpaired t-test) or the Mann-Whitney test as appropriate. The Kołogorov-Smirnov test was used to evaluate the normality of the distribution. Dichotomous variables were compared with the chi-square test when Cochran’s condition was met or Fisher’s exact test when it was not met. To compare multiple proportions within one hypothesis, the Test for One proportion was used with the Benjamini-Hochberg multiple comparison correction.