Statistical analysis
The statistical software SPSS 26.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) was utilized for data analysis. The mean ± SD was used to report all values. The normality of data samples was evaluated with the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test. To compare continuous variables among the three groups, ANOVA or non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis tests were used, depending on the normal distribution of the data. The chi-square test was used to compare classification variables among the three groups. Turkey’s and Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test were used to adjust the 