Statistical analysis
SPSS v27 (IBM, Chicago, IL) was used for the statistical analysis. Shapiro–Wilks test and histograms were used to determine the normality of the data distribution. The quantitative data were presented as mean and standard deviation (SD) if normally distributed, while non-parametric quantitative data were presented as the median and interquartile range (IQR). Qualitative variables were expressed as frequency and percentages (%). Normally distributed quantitative data were compared between the two groups using the unpaired Student 