Categorical variables are summarized with frequencies (percentages) and continuous data are summarized using mean and standard deviation values. Categorical variables were compared using a chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test. Continuous variables were compared using Student’s t-test. P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. All analyses were performed with SPSS version 11.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA).
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