2.6. Statistical Analysis
Microsoft Excel 14.0, SPSS version 28.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) and SAS version 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) were used for the statistical analysis. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). The AUCs were calculated using the trapezoidal rule, maximum concentration (C