Statistical analysis
Statistical analysis was performed using R version 4.1.1 associated with the following packages: (Tidyvers, rstatix, WRS2, and ggpubr). The normality distribution of our parameters was tested using the Shapiro test. Normally distributed data were presented using mean −/+ SD, while the skewed data were expressed as median (min–max). Categorical data were expressed as frequency and percentage. For binary variate analysis, either an independent 