Statistical analysis
The comparative analysis of the quantitative data was performed with the
Student’s t-test for independent groups (unpaired t-test) or the
Mann-Whitney test as appropriate. The Kołogorov-Smirnov test was used to
evaluate the normality of the distribution. Dichotomous variables were
compared with the chi-square test when Cochran’s condition was met or
Fisher’s exact test when it was not met. To compare multiple proportions
within one hypothesis, the Test for One proportion was used with the
Benjamini-Hochberg multiple comparison correction.