Statistical Analysis
Using IBM SPSS Statistics 22 software, statistical analysis was done.
Continuous variables are provided as mean and standard deviation, while
nominal variables are presented as numbers and percentages. For nominal
variables, the Chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test, the Student’s
t-test for continuous parametric variables, and the Mann Whitney U test
for continuous non-parametric variables were used. group comparison.
Kendall rank correlation was used to evaluate the correlation between
non-parametric variables. variables. A p-value less than 0.05 was
considered statistically significant.