SPSS Statistics software (version 25.0; IBM Japan Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) was used for all analyses. Variables with
P
<0.05 on univariate analyses were subjected to multivariate logistic regression analyses. Other significant differences were analyzed using the chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test, F test or Mann–Whitney U test. Statistical significance was set at
P
<0.05.
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