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.
Results