All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 20.0 software. The significance of differences between groups was estimated by Student’s t tests and χ2 tests as appropriate. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was calculated using Prism5 software (GraphPad). A p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
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