Statistical analysis
IBM SPSS 26.0 was used for statistical analysis. Qualitative data were expressed as frequencies (percentages) and were compared using Person’s χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test, as appropriate. Quantitative data were reported as the mean with standard deviation (SD), or median with interquartile range (IQR). Normally distributed quantitative data were analyzed with a T test, while nonnormally distributed quantitative data were compared using the Mann–Whitney U test. A value of P<0.05 was used for all statistical analyses. Participants were divided into subgroups based on BMI classification s[