Statistics
Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median and interquartile range depending on distribution. Between group comparisons were performed using independent samples t-test or Wilcoxon rank sum test depending on distribution as assessed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. A two-sided p value of <0.05 was considered significant. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (IBM v25) or Matlab (R2019a, MathWorks) and figures created using Matlab.
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